preparatoriano
Spanish
Etymology
From preparatoria + -ano.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pɾepaɾatoˈɾjano/ [pɾe.pa.ɾa.t̪oˈɾja.no]
- Rhymes: -ano
- Syllabification: pre‧pa‧ra‧to‧ria‧no
Adjective
preparatoriano (feminine preparatoriana, masculine plural preparatorianos, feminine plural preparatorianas)
- (Mexico, relational) prep school; of or pertaining to the preparatoria (Mexican high school)
Further reading
- “preparatoriano”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025
- “preparatoriano”, in Diccionario de americanismos [Dictionary of Americanisms] (in Spanish), Association of Academies of the Spanish Language [Spanish: Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española], 2010
- Guido Gómez de Silva (2001), “preparatoriano”, in Diccionario breve de mexicanismos, Primera edición, Academia Mexicana de la Lengua