profiláctico
Spanish, noun/pɾofiˈlaɡtiko/
profiláctico is spelled P-R-O-F-I-L-Á-C-T-I-C-O (12 letters) and appears about once in every 6 million words in written Spanish, the 96,067th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Profiláctico is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “prophylactic” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Dispositivo que se utiliza durante el coito como método anticonceptivo y de prevención de varias enfermedades…”.
What does profiláctico mean in English?
adjective
- 1
prophylactic
noun
- 1
masculineprophylactic
- 2
masculinecondom
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Que previene enfermedades.
noun: 1. Dispositivo que se utiliza durante el coito como método anticonceptivo y de prevención de varias enfermedades de transmisión sexual. Se encuentran dos versiones la primera se coloca cubriendo el pene y consiste en una funda que se ajusta a ligera tensión sobre el pene erecto y la segunda es una bolsa que forra la vagina y cubre los genitales externos.
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 profiláctico
- profiláctica feminine
- profilácticos masculine plural
- profilácticas feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce profiláctico?
- /pɾofiˈlaɡtiko/
- [pɾo.fiˈlaɣ̞.t̪i.ko]
- [pɾofiˈlakt̪iko]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to profiláctico
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is profiláctico in Spanish?
profiláctico appears about once in every 6 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).