en principio

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /em pɾinˈθipjo/ [ẽm pɾĩn̟ˈθi.pjo]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /em pɾinˈsipjo/ [ẽm pɾĩnˈsi.pjo]
• Syllabification: en prin‧ci‧pio

Adverb

en principio

1. in principle, in theory

   Synonym: en teoría

Further reading

• “en principio”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10