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prefacio

Spanish, noun/pɾeˈfaθjo/

prefacio is spelled P-R-E-F-A-C-I-O (8 letters) and appears 1.3 times per million words in written Spanish, the 29,514th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Prefacio is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “preface” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Texto preparatorio o introductorio que da comienzo a una obra escrita”.

What does prefacio mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    masculinepreface

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

How Spanish dictionaries define it

noun: 1. Texto preparatorio o introductorio que da comienzo a una obra escrita 2. Parte de la misa católica, leída antes del canon, en la que la congregación da gracias o glorifica a dios

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 prefacio

  • prefacios plural

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

How do you pronounce prefacio?

  • /pɾeˈfaθjo/
  • [pɾeˈfa.θjo]
  • /pɾeˈfasjo/

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

English words that translate to prefacio

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

How common is prefacio in Spanish?

prefacio appears 1.3 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).

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