Similar words
embarazo
preñez is more often used for the pregnancy of animals, or is colloquial and crude for humans; embarazo is the standard word for human pregnancy.
Similar in other languages
French
grossesse
grossesse is the French word for the same thing — both mean "pregnancy."
Portuguese
gravidez
gravidez is the Portuguese word for the same thing — both mean "pregnancy."
Practice
1 What does preñez mean?
pregnancy
2 Fill the gap: La ___ dura meses.
Full sentence: La preñez dura meses. (Pregnancy lasts months.)
3 Which fingerprint chart matches preñez?
preñez: neutral register, academic frequency, general domain, neutral connotation.