progreso
Spanish, noun
progreso is spelled P-R-O-G-R-E-S-O (8 letters) and appears 31 times per million words in written Spanish, the 2,709th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Progreso is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “progress, headway, advancement” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first-person singular present indicative of progresar. With an accent, progresó is a different word: “third-person singular preterite indicative of progresar”. The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Acción de avanzar o de ir hacia adelante”.
What does progreso mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineprogress, headway, advancement
verb
- 1
first-person singular present indicative of progresar
verb
- 1
third-person singular preterite indicative of progresar
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Acción de avanzar o de ir hacia adelante. 2. Proceso ascendente y positivo de una civilización en ciertos aspectos, tales como el técnico, el ético, el democrático, etc. 3. Proceso o resultado de hacer o hacerse mejor, más deseable, completo o cercano a una meta, ideal o plan.
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 progreso
- progresos plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to progreso
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is progreso in Spanish?
progreso appears 31 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).