pretensor
Spanish, noun/pɾetenˈsoɾ/
pretensor is spelled P-R-E-T-E-N-S-O-R (9 letters) and appears about once in every 71 million words in written Spanish, the 292,142nd most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Pretensor is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “pretensioner” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Dispositivo pirotécnico de seguridad pasiva que, al impactar en un siniestro, estalla para inutilizar el…”.
What does pretensor mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinepretensioner
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Que pretende.
noun: 1. Dispositivo pirotécnico de seguridad pasiva que, al impactar en un siniestro, estalla para inutilizar el pasador del cinturón de seguridad y evitar que este se alargue, protegiendo a la persona del impacto.
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 pretensor
- pretensores plural
- pretensora feminine
- pretensoras feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce pretensor?
- /pɾetenˈsoɾ/
- [pɾe.t̪ẽnˈsoɾ]
- [pɾet̪ẽnˈsoɾ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is pretensor in Spanish?
pretensor appears about once in every 71 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).