parteaguas
Spanish, noun/paɾteˈaɡwas/
parteaguas is spelled P-A-R-T-E-A-G-U-A-S (10 letters) and appears about once in every 6 million words in written Spanish, the 89,640th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Parteaguas is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “watershed” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Línea imaginaria que separa las aguas pluviales de dos cuencas hidrográficas contiguas. Líneas divisorias de…”.
What does parteaguas mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinewatershed
- 2
masculinewatershed, turning point
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Línea imaginaria que separa las aguas pluviales de dos cuencas hidrográficas contiguas. Líneas divisorias de esta índole han fungido históricamente como límites territoriales. 2. Momento, personaje o suceso de trascendencia tal que aparenta dividir o separar lo previo de lo consecuente.
The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.
Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
How do you pronounce parteaguas?
- /paɾteˈaɡwas/
- [paɾ.t̪eˈa.ɣ̞was]
- [paɾt̪eˈaɣ̞was]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to parteaguas
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is parteaguas in Spanish?
parteaguas appears about once in every 6 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).