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terciario

Spanish, noun/teɾˈθjaɾjo/

terciario is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “Tertiary” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).

What does terciario mean in English?

adjective

  1. 1

    tertiary

noun

  1. 1

    masculineTertiary

Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How Spanish dictionaries define it

adjective: 1. De tercer rango u orden. 2. Se dice de cierta especie de arco de piedra que se hace en las bóvedas formadas con cruceros. 3. Se dice del período posterior al cretáceo y en el cual ya existieron especies de animales que viven hoy. 4. Religioso tercero.

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 terciario

  • terciaria feminine
  • terciarios masculine plural
  • terciarias feminine plural

Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce terciario?

  • /teɾˈθjaɾjo/
  • [t̪eɾˈθja.ɾjo]
  • /teɾˈsjaɾjo/

Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

English words that translate to terciario

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is terciario in Spanish?

terciario appears 2.1 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).