pretensión
Spanish, noun/pɾetenˈsjon/
pretensión is spelled P-R-E-T-E-N-S-I-Ó-N (10 letters) and appears 3.1 times per million words in written Spanish, the 16,777th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Pretensión is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “aspiration” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Ambición desmedida”.
What does pretensión mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineaspiration
- 2
feminineintention
- 3
feminineclaim
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Ambición desmedida. 2. Derecho que uno tiene o cree tener sobre algo. 3. Aquello que se pretende conseguir. 4. Solicitación para conseguir una cosa que se desea.
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 pretensión
- pretensiones plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce pretensión?
- /pɾetenˈsjon/
- [pɾe.t̪ẽnˈsjõn]
- [pɾet̪ẽnˈsjõn]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to pretensión
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is pretensión in Spanish?
pretensión appears 3.1 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).