prestidigitación
Spanish, noun/pɾestidixitaˈθjon/
prestidigitación is spelled P-R-E-S-T-I-D-I-G-I-T-A-C-I-Ó-N (16 letters) and appears about once in every 8 million words in written Spanish, the 103,935th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Prestidigitación is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “prestidigitation, sleight of hand, legerdemain (manual dexterity in the execution of tricks)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Arte de hacer juegos de manos”.
What does prestidigitación mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineprestidigitation, sleight of hand, legerdemain (manual dexterity in the execution of tricks)
- 2
femininesleight of hand, legerdemain
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Arte de hacer juegos de manos.
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 prestidigitación
- prestidigitaciones plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce prestidigitación?
- /pɾestidixitaˈθjon/
- [pɾes.t̪i.ð̞i.xi.t̪aˈθjõn]
- /pɾestidixitaˈsjon/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to prestidigitación
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is prestidigitación in Spanish?
prestidigitación appears about once in every 8 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).