pretal
Spanish, noun/pɾeˈtal/
pretal is spelled P-R-E-T-A-L (6 letters) and appears about once in every 63 million words in written Spanish, the 277,009th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Pretal is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “breastplate” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Correa o faja que rodea el pecho del caballo y se ata a la silla de montar”.
What does pretal mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinebreastplate
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Correa o faja que rodea el pecho del caballo y se ata a la silla de montar.
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 pretal
- pretales plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce pretal?
- /pɾeˈtal/
- [pɾeˈt̪al]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is pretal in Spanish?
pretal appears about once in every 63 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).