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potenciómetro

Spanish, noun[pot̪ẽnˈsjomet̪ɾo]

potenciómetro is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “potentiometer” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Elemento de circuito que consiste en una resistencia variable de tres terminales, dos que son fijos y uno…”.

What does potenciómetro mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    masculinepotentiometer

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

How Spanish dictionaries define it

noun: 1. Elemento de circuito que consiste en una resistencia variable de tres terminales, dos que son fijos y uno conectado al cursor que se puede girar mediante una perilla para variar el valor de resistencia que hay entre cada terminal fijo y el del cursor.

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 potenciómetro

  • potenciómetros plural

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

How do you pronounce potenciómetro?

  • [pot̪ẽnˈsjomet̪ɾo]
  • [pot̪ẽnsiˈomet̪ɾo]
  • [pot̪ẽn̟ˈθjomet̪ɾo]

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

English words that translate to potenciómetro

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

How common is potenciómetro in Spanish?

potenciómetro appears about once in every 11 million words in written Spanish.

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