pretención
Spanish, noun/pɾetenˈθjon/
pretención is spelled P-R-E-T-E-N-C-I-Ó-N (10 letters) and appears about once in every 19 million words in written Spanish, the 160,355th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Pretención is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “pretentiousness” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does pretención mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininepretentiousness
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Forms of pretención
- pretenciones plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce pretención?
- /pɾetenˈθjon/
- [pɾe.t̪ẽn̟ˈθjõn]
- /pɾetenˈsjon/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to pretención
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is pretención in Spanish?
pretención appears about once in every 19 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).