provisional
Spanish, adjective/pɾobisjoˈnal/
provisional is spelled P-R-O-V-I-S-I-O-N-A-L (11 letters) and appears 11 times per million words in written Spanish, the 6,766th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Provisional is a Spanish feminine adjective meaning “provisional” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Que perdura sólo hasta su sustitución por algo definitivo”.
What does provisional mean in English?
adjective
- 1
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- 2
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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. Que perdura sólo hasta su sustitución por algo definitivo.
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 provisional
- provisionales feminine masculine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce provisional?
- /pɾobisjoˈnal/
- [pɾo.β̞i.sjoˈnal]
- [pɾoβ̞isjoˈnal]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to provisional
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is provisional in Spanish?
provisional appears 11 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).