preámbulo
Spanish, noun/pɾeˈambulo/
preámbulo is spelled P-R-E-Á-M-B-U-L-O (9 letters) and appears 1.9 times per million words in written Spanish, the 23,327th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Preámbulo is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “preamble” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Lo que se dice antes de dar inicio a lo que se intenta narrar o probar”.
What does preámbulo mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinepreamble
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Lo que se dice antes de dar inicio a lo que se intenta narrar o probar. 2. Rodeo o digresión que se hace antes de entrar en materia.
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 preámbulo
- preámbulos plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce preámbulo?
- /pɾeˈambulo/
- [pɾeˈãm.bu.lo]
- [pɾeˈãmbulo]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to preámbulo
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is preámbulo in Spanish?
preámbulo appears 1.9 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).