trepanación
Spanish, noun/tɾepanaˈθjon/
trepanación is spelled T-R-E-P-A-N-A-C-I-Ó-N (11 letters) and appears about once in every 13 million words in written Spanish, the 133,746th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Trepanación is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “trepanation” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Acción o efecto de trepanar (taladrar, horadar, hacer una o más perforaciones o ranuras, con fines médicos o…”.
What does trepanación mean in English?
noun
- 1
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Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Acción o efecto de trepanar (taladrar, horadar, hacer una o más perforaciones o ranuras, con fines médicos o industriales).
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 trepanación
- trepanaciones plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce trepanación?
- /tɾepanaˈθjon/
- [t̪ɾe.pa.naˈθjõn]
- /tɾepanaˈsjon/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to trepanación
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is trepanación in Spanish?
trepanación appears about once in every 13 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).