preservación
Spanish, noun/pɾeseɾbaˈθjon/
preservación is spelled P-R-E-S-E-R-V-A-C-I-Ó-N (12 letters) and appears 5.2 times per million words in written Spanish, the 11,540th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Preservación is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “preservation” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Acto de preservar o conservar algo, protegiéndolo de las amenazas externas”.
What does preservación mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininepreservation
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Acto de preservar o conservar algo, protegiéndolo de las amenazas externas.
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 preservación
- preservaciones plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce preservación?
- /pɾeseɾbaˈθjon/
- [pɾe.seɾ.β̞aˈθjõn]
- /pɾeseɾbaˈsjon/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to preservación
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is preservación in Spanish?
preservación appears 5.2 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).