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potasio

Spanish, noun/poˈtasjo/

potasio is spelled P-O-T-A-S-I-O (7 letters) and appears 3.5 times per million words in written Spanish, the 15,558th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Potasio is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “potassium” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “El potasio es un elemento químico cuyo símbolo es K (del latín Kalium) y cuyo número atómico es 19. Es un…”.

What does potasio mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    masculinepotassium

Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How Spanish dictionaries define it

noun: 1. El potasio es un elemento químico cuyo símbolo es K (del latín Kalium) y cuyo número atómico es 19. Es un metal alcalino, blanco-plateado que abunda en la naturaleza, en los elementos relacionados con el agua salada y otros minerales. Se oxida rápidamente en el aire, es muy reactivo, especialmente en agua, y se parece químicamente al sodio. Es un elemento químico esencial para la vida.

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.

Forms of potasio

  • potasios plural

Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce potasio?

  • /poˈtasjo/
  • [poˈt̪a.sjo]
  • [poˈt̪asjo]

Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

English words that translate to potasio

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is potasio in Spanish?

potasio appears 3.5 times per million words in written Spanish.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

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