preservativo
Spanish, noun/pɾeseɾbaˈtibo/
preservativo is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “condom” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Dispositivo que se utiliza durante el coito como método anticonceptivo y de prevención de enfermedades de…”.
What does preservativo mean in English?
adjective
- 1
preservative
noun
- 1
masculinecondom
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Que tiene virtud o eficacia de preservar.
noun: 1. Dispositivo que se utiliza durante el coito como método anticonceptivo y de prevención de enfermedades de transmisión sexual. Se encuentran dos versiones: la primera consiste en una funda que se ajusta sobre el pene erecto; la segunda es una bolsa que forra la vagina y cubre los genitales externos.
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 preservativo
- preservativa feminine
- preservativos masculine plural
- preservativas feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce preservativo?
- /pɾeseɾbaˈtibo/
- [pɾe.seɾ.β̞aˈt̪i.β̞o]
- [pɾeseɾβ̞aˈt̪iβ̞o]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to preservativo
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is preservativo in Spanish?
preservativo appears 1.4 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).