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principado

Spanish, noun/pɾinθiˈpado/

principado is spelled P-R-I-N-C-I-P-A-D-O (10 letters) and appears 3.3 times per million words in written Spanish, the 16,033rd most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Principado is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “principality” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a past participle of principar. The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Posición, título y autoridad de un príncipe o de una princesa”.

What does principado mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    masculineprincipality

verb

  1. 1

    past participle of principar

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

How Spanish dictionaries define it

noun: 1. Posición, título y autoridad de un príncipe o de una princesa. 2. Territorio que está bajo la potestad de un príncipe o princesa, y forma de gobierno allí implantada, a menudo en forma de estado soberano. 3. Condición de superioridad, ventaja, prioridad o primacía que algo tiene sobre otros elementos con los que se compara. 4. Espíritu bienaventurado que, en angelología cristiana, pertenece al sexto orden o coro celestial.

verb: 1. Participio de principar.

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 principado

  • principados plural
  • principada feminine
  • principadas feminine plural

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

How do you pronounce principado?

  • /pɾinθiˈpado/
  • [pɾĩn̟.θiˈpa.ð̞o]
  • /pɾinsiˈpado/

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

English words that translate to principado

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

How common is principado in Spanish?

principado appears 3.3 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).

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