preceder
Spanish, verb/pɾeθeˈdeɾ/
preceder is spelled P-R-E-C-E-D-E-R (8 letters) and appears about once in every 6 million words in written Spanish, the 94,980th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Preceder is a Spanish verb meaning “to precede” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Ir delante o anteceder en tiempo, orden o lugar”.
What does preceder mean in English?
verb
- 1
to precede
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Ir delante o anteceder en tiempo, orden o lugar. 2. Anteceder o estar antepuesto. 3. Tener una persona o una cosa preferencia, primacía o superioridad sobre otra.
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 preceder
- precedo first-person present singular
- precedí first-person preterite singular
- precedido participle past
- precediendo gerund
- precedida feminine participle past
- precedidos masculine participle past
- precedidas feminine participle past
- precedes indicative informal present
- precedés indicative informal present
- precede indicative present singular
- precedemos first-person indicative plural
- precedéis indicative plural present
- preceden indicative plural present
- precedía first-person imperfect indicative
- precedías imperfect indicative second-person
- precedíamos first-person imperfect indicative
- precedíais imperfect indicative plural
- precedían imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce preceder?
- /pɾeθeˈdeɾ/
- [pɾe.θeˈð̞eɾ]
- /pɾeseˈdeɾ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to preceder
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is preceder in Spanish?
preceder 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).