preludio
Spanish, noun
preludio is spelled P-R-E-L-U-D-I-O (8 letters) and appears 1.7 times per million words in written Spanish, the 25,551st most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Preludio is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “prelude” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first-person singular present indicative of preludiar. With an accent, preludió is a different word: “third-person singular preterite indicative of preludiar”. The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Acción o cosa que precede a otra y que le sirve de introducción, preparación o inicio”.
What does preludio mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineprelude
- 2
masculineintroduction
verb
- 1
first-person singular present indicative of preludiar
verb
- 1
third-person singular preterite indicative of preludiar
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Acción o cosa que precede a otra y que le sirve de introducción, preparación o inicio 2. Que se ejecuta o canta para ensayar la voz o afinar los instrumentos, previo a la ejecución de una obra musical 3. Pieza musical breve, de gran libertad formal que se interpreta antes de una obra
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 preludio
- preludios plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to preludio
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is preludio in Spanish?
preludio appears 1.7 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).