Spanish Conversation · Level 54
75 words
Spanish word
récord
Pronunciation
IPA/ˈrekoɾð/
Meaning
- masculine nounrecord
Example
Él batió el récord mundial.
He broke the world record.
More examples
María logró un récord personal en la carrera.
María achieved a personal best in the race.
Core concept
A scoreboard displaying the highest result in an event.
Common phrases
batir un récord
beat a record
récord personal
personal best
récord mundial
world record
Similar words
marca: A specific numeric mark reached in a test or contest indicating peak performance.
logro: An attained success or feat valued as achieving an intended objective.
registro: A documented entry or archive of facts, measurements, or events.
hito: A pivotal milestone that represents an important achievement in a process.
Definition in Spanish
Se usa para referirse al mejor resultado registrado en una disciplina, evento o categoría determinada.
Word origin
Spanish récord is a borrowing from English record, ultimately from Latin recordari 'to recall', and it denotes the best result recorded in a discipline or event.
Usage tips
- The acute accent on récord marks stress on the first syllable, and récord commonly appears with qualifiers like mundial, nacional, or personal while registro names a log or list.
Other meanings
- record highnoun
- new recordnoun
Related words
- recordistarecord-holdernoun