preelectoral

pre-electoral

adjective preh-eh-lek-toh-RAHL Rare

Also means

pre-election

Usage Note

Preelectoral (sometimes written pre-electoral with a hyphen) describes the period or activities leading up to an election — campaña preelectoral ('pre-election campaign'), encuesta preelectoral ('pre-election poll'). It is a compound of the prefix pre- ('before') + electoral. Like all adjectives ending in a consonant, it does not change for gender: el período preelectoral, la fase preelectoral.

Examples

"Las encuestas preelectorales muestran un empate técnico."

Natural Translation

The pre-election polls show a statistical tie.

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