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pretenciosidad

Spanish, noun/pɾetenθjosiˈdad/

pretenciosidad is spelled P-R-E-T-E-N-C-I-O-S-I-D-A-D (14 letters) and appears about once in every 72 million words in written Spanish, the 295,201st most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Pretenciosidad is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “pretentiousness” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).

What does pretenciosidad mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    femininepretentiousness

Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Forms of pretenciosidad

  • pretenciosidades plural

Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce pretenciosidad?

  • /pɾetenθjosiˈdad/
  • [pɾe.t̪ẽn̟.θjo.siˈð̞að̞]
  • /pɾetensjosiˈdad/

Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

English words that translate to pretenciosidad

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is pretenciosidad in Spanish?

pretenciosidad appears about once in every 72 million words in written Spanish.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

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