potencial
Spanish, noun/potenˈθjal/
potencial is spelled P-O-T-E-N-C-I-A-L (9 letters) and appears 32 times per million words in written Spanish, the 2,605th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Potencial is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “potential” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Lo que algo o alguien puede ser en el futuro”.
What does potencial mean in English?
adjective
- 1
femininemasculinepotential
noun
- 1
masculinepotential
- 2
masculineconditional tense
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Que tiene potencia. 2. Que puede existir o acontecer. 3. Que pertenece o concierne a la potencia.
noun: 1. Lo que algo o alguien puede ser en el futuro. 2. Integral de línea de componente irrotacional de un campo vectorial entre dos puntos, o desde un punto hasta infinito.
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 potencial
- potenciales feminine masculine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce potencial?
- /potenˈθjal/
- [po.t̪ẽn̟ˈθjal]
- /potenˈsjal/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to potencial
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is potencial in Spanish?
potencial appears 32 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).