prestigio
Spanish, noun
prestigio is spelled P-R-E-S-T-I-G-I-O (9 letters) and appears 12 times per million words in written Spanish, the 6,046th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Prestigio is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “prestige, standing, (good) reputation, good name” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first-person singular present indicative of prestigiar. With an accent, prestigió is a different word: “third-person singular preterite indicative of prestigiar”. The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Estima, buena fama, reputación o admiración de que goza alguien o algo”.
What does prestigio mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineprestige, standing, (good) reputation, good name
- 2
masculinecachet
verb
- 1
first-person singular present indicative of prestigiar
verb
- 1
third-person singular preterite indicative of prestigiar
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Estima, buena fama, reputación o admiración de que goza alguien o algo. 2. Influencia o autoridad que tiene algo o alguien sobre otros. 3. Ilusión que fascina por parecer producto de magia o sortilegio. 4. Truco o prestidigitación que embauca y causa confusión o engaño.
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 prestigio
- prestigios plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to prestigio
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is prestigio in Spanish?
prestigio appears 12 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).