🇪🇸Spanish Source WordCode: ES

pretemporada

Pronunciation / Transliteration: pɾeteimpoˈɾada

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Pre-season/ˈpriːˌsiː.zən/
nounadjectiveCEFR B2 (Upper)Top #3400 frequency
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🇪🇸 Example Sentence in Spanish:

"El club anunció los partidos amistosos de la pretemporada."

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    The period immediately preceding an official sports season, used for training, conditioning, and playing exhibition matches.

    "The football team traveled to Austria for their intensive pre-season training camp."
As adjective
  1. 1

    Occurring or performed before the official start of a season or operational period.

    "They secured three straight wins during their pre-season friendly matches."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the combination of the Latin prefix 'prae-' (before) and Old French 'saison' (season), which traces back to the Latin 'satio' (sowing, planting). First appearing in English sports journalism in the late 19th century, it initially referred to the preliminary training period before official competitive league fixtures began.

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