prepa
Spanish, noun/ˈpɾepa/
prepa is spelled P-R-E-P-A (5 letters) and appears 2.5 times per million words in written Spanish, the 19,645th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Prepa is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “clipping of preparatoria (“high school”)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does prepa mean in English?
noun
- 1
Mexicofeminineclipping of preparatoria (“high school”)
noun
- 1
femininemasculinea first-year student at a university; a freshman or fresher
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Forms of prepa
- prepas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce prepa?
- /ˈpɾepa/
- [ˈpɾe.pa]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is prepa in Spanish?
prepa appears 2.5 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).