alterego
Spanish, noun/alteˈɾeɡo/
alterego is spelled A-L-T-E-R-E-G-O (8 letters) and appears about once in every 30 million words in written Spanish, the 197,982nd most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Alterego is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “alternative form of alter ego” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does alterego mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinealternative form of alter ego
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Forms of alterego
- alteregos plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce alterego?
- /alteˈɾeɡo/
- [al̪.t̪eˈɾe.ɣ̞o]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is alterego in Spanish?
alterego appears about once in every 30 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).