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presente

Spanish, noun

presente is spelled P-R-E-S-E-N-T-E (8 letters) and appears 110 times per million words in written Spanish, the 803rd most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Presente is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “present, present tense” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first/third-person singular present subjunctive of presentar. With an accent, presenté is a different word: “first-person singular preterite indicative of presentar”. The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “El momento actual en que se habla o se vive”.

What does presente mean in English?

adjective

  1. 1

    femininemasculinepresent (appearing)

  2. 2

    femininemasculinethis

noun

  1. 1

    masculinepresent, present tense

  2. 2

    masculinepresent (the current moment)

  3. 3

    masculinegift, handout

verb

  1. 1

    first/third-person singular present subjunctive

  2. 2

    third-person singular imperative

verb

as presenté
  1. 1

    first-person singular preterite indicative of presentar

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

How Spanish dictionaries define it

adjective: 1. Que está en presencia de alguien más. 2. Que ocurre, existe o se hace en el momento actual. 3. Que existe en un lugar determinado.

noun: 1. El momento actual en que se habla o se vive. 2. Tiempo verbal que expresa una acción que ocurre mientras se habla. 3. Cosa que se da para agasajar o festejar a una persona.

interjection: 1. Se usa para indicar que no se está ausente al pasar lista. 2. En una carta y después del destinatario se acostumbraba indicar con la palabra "presente" que la carta no era enviada por correo, sino que sería entregada en la mano del destinatario.

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 presente

  • presentes feminine masculine plural

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

English words that translate to presente

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

How common is presente in Spanish?

presente appears 110 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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