No. 8,348 in Spanish

preliminar

Preliminary; initial or preparatory, occurring before something more important or detailed.

In a sentence

Antes de iniciar el proyecto, necesitamos realizar un análisis preliminar.
Before starting the project, we need to conduct a preliminary analysis.
In this sentence, 'preliminar' is used as an adjective to describe 'analysis', indicating that it is an initial or preparatory step.
La etapa preliminar de la investigación ya ha concluido.
The preliminary stage of the research has already concluded.
Here, 'preliminar' is used as an adjective to describe 'stage', signifying the initial phase of a process.
Se presentó un informe preliminar con los resultados iniciales.
A preliminary report with the initial results was presented.
In this case, 'preliminar' modifies 'report', denoting that the document provides initial findings subject to further refinement.

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