prototype

an early form of a product or machine that is made to test ideas and find problems before the final version is produced

prototipo, modelo de prueba

• a prototype

Collocations prototype of a product · test a prototype

• They are working on the prototype of their new car.

  Están trabajando en el prototipo de su nuevo coche.

the first or earliest form of something, especially a product or machine that is developed and tested before the final version is produced

prueba inicial, versión preliminar

• an initial prototype

Collocations initial prototype of a product · develop an initial prototype

• The company developed the initial prototype last year.

  La empresa desarrolló la versión inicial del prototipo el año pasado.