absolutivo
Spanish, noun/absoluˈtibo/
absolutivo is spelled A-B-S-O-L-U-T-I-V-O (10 letters) and appears about once in every 93 million words in written Spanish, the 331,538th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Absolutivo is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “absolutive” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Uno de los casos gramaticales para el sintagma nominal en los lenguajes llamados de ergativo-absolutivo…”.
What does absolutivo mean in English?
adjective
- 1
absolutive
noun
- 1
masculineabsolutive
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Uno de los casos gramaticales para el sintagma nominal en los lenguajes llamados de ergativo-absolutivo, donde generalmente se marca el sujeto de los verbos intransitivos y el objeto de los transitivos, es decir, en todos los casos aquel actor gramatical que experimenta la acción.
The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.
Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of absolutivo
- absolutiva feminine
- absolutivos masculine plural
- absolutivas feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce absolutivo?
- /absoluˈtibo/
- [aβ̞.so.luˈt̪i.β̞o]
- [aβ̞soluˈt̪iβ̞o]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is absolutivo in Spanish?
absolutivo appears about once in every 93 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).