transcontinental
Spanish, adjective/tɾanskontinenˈtal/
transcontinental is spelled T-R-A-N-S-C-O-N-T-I-N-E-N-T-A-L (16 letters) and appears about once in every 6 million words in written Spanish, the 91,681st most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Transcontinental is a Spanish feminine adjective meaning “transcontinental” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Que se encuentra, se mueve o funciona a través de un continente (grandes extensiones de tierra generalmente…”.
What does transcontinental 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. Que se encuentra, se mueve o funciona a través de un continente (grandes extensiones de tierra generalmente separadas por océanos). 2. Que cruza de un continente a otro.
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 transcontinental
- transcontinentales feminine masculine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce transcontinental?
- /tɾanskontinenˈtal/
- [t̪ɾãns.kõn̪.t̪i.nẽn̪ˈt̪al]
- [t̪ɾãnskõn̪t̪inẽn̪ˈt̪al]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to transcontinental
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is transcontinental in Spanish?
transcontinental 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).