principiante
Spanish, noun/pɾinθiˈpjante/
principiante is spelled P-R-I-N-C-I-P-I-A-N-T-E (12 letters) and appears 1.5 times per million words in written Spanish, the 26,728th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Principiante is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “novice; beginner” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does principiante mean in English?
adjective
- 1
femininemasculinenovice, beginning
noun
- 1
femininemasculinenovice; beginner
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Que comienza o empieza. 2. Que se inicia en el aprendizaje de una disciplina o profesión.
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 principiante
- principiantes feminine masculine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce principiante?
- /pɾinθiˈpjante/
- [pɾĩn̟.θiˈpjãn̪.t̪e]
- /pɾinsiˈpjante/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to principiante
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is principiante in Spanish?
principiante appears 1.5 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).