provincial
Spanish, adjective/pɾobinˈθjal/
provincial is spelled P-R-O-V-I-N-C-I-A-L (10 letters) and appears 32 times per million words in written Spanish, the 2,658th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Provincial is a Spanish feminine adjective meaning “provincial” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Perteneciente o relativo a una provincia”.
What does provincial mean in English?
adjective
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Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Perteneciente o relativo a una provincia. 2. Dícese de la persona religiosa que tiene el gobierno y la superioridad sobre todas las casas y conventos de una provincia.
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 provincial
- provinciales feminine masculine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce provincial?
- /pɾobinˈθjal/
- [pɾo.β̞ĩn̟ˈθjal]
- /pɾobinˈsjal/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to provincial
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is provincial in Spanish?
provincial appears 32 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).