presionaban

[pɾesjoˈnaβ̞ãn]

/[pɾesjoˈnaβ̞ãn]/ verb

The verdict

“presionaban” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #91,259 among 6,028 “P” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#91,259
frequency rank, Spanish
6,028
“P” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del pretérito imperfecto de indicativo de presionar.

Corpus desk

Index ES-presionaban · presionaban · Spanish

presionaban · rank #91,259 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #91,259
  • LEN-MEGA 11 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,028
  • PHOTO-FINISH prescriba

Nearest frequency peer: prescriba (-1 rank slots)

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Rangos de cola larga cerca de “presionaban”

Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto

corpus weight

What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “presionaban” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for presionaban
PropertyValue
Headwordpresionaban
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechVerb
IPA[pɾesjoˈnaβ̞ãn]
Letters11
Frequency rank#91,259
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Cola larga: rango de “presionaban” en español

De izquierda a derecha: las pocas palabras que cargan el habla diaria, luego la cola larga casi invisible.presionabancae en esta cola de rareza:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Los ticks avanzan en logaritmo; cada uno es del orden de diez veces más raro. Vecinos raros de la misma franja: “prescriba” (#91,258), “presumimos” (#91,260), “prejudicial” (#91,256). Entre 6,028 lemas con “P”, “presionaban” va en #91,259. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

presionaban is uncommon Spanish at frequency #91,259 among 6,028 “P” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [pɾesjoˈnaβ̞ãn]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del pretérito imperfecto de indicativo de presionar.".

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for presionaban, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct Spanish form is presionaban, spelled P-R-E-S-I-O-N-A-B-A-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del pretérito imperfecto de indicativo de presionar.

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 Spanish corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "presionaban"?
"presionaban" is spelled P-R-E-S-I-O-N-A-B-A-N. The IPA pronunciation is [pɾesjoˈnaβ̞ãn].
What does "presionaban" mean?
As a verb, "presionaban" means: Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del pretérito imperfecto de indicativo de presionar.
How do you pronounce "presionaban"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "presionaban" is [pɾesjoˈnaβ̞ãn]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "presionaban" come from?
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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "presionaban", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list