precursor
Spanish, noun/pɾekuɾˈsoɾ/
precursor is spelled P-R-E-C-U-R-S-O-R (9 letters) and appears 2.3 times per million words in written Spanish, the 20,593rd most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Precursor is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “precursor (forerunner, predecessor)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does precursor mean in English?
adjective
- 1
precursory (relating to events that will follow)
noun
- 1
masculineprecursor (forerunner, predecessor)
- 2
masculineprecursor (chemical compound)
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Que precede o va delante. 2. Por antonomasia, San Juan Bautista, que nació antes que Cristo, Señor nuestro, y anunció su venida al mundo. 3. Que profesa o enseña doctrinas o acomete empresas que no tendrán sazón ni hallarán acogida sino en tiempo venidero.
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 precursor
- precursora feminine
- precursores masculine plural
- precursoras feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce precursor?
- /pɾekuɾˈsoɾ/
- [pɾe.kuɾˈsoɾ]
- [pɾekuɾˈsoɾ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to precursor
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is precursor in Spanish?
precursor appears 2.3 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).