arcaísmo
Spanish, noun/aɾkaˈismo/
arcaísmo is spelled A-R-C-A-Í-S-M-O (8 letters) and appears about once in every 8 million words in written Spanish, the 107,397th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Arcaísmo is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “archaism (an archaic word or expression)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Utilización de voces o expresiones propias de una época pasada”.
What does arcaísmo mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinearchaism (an archaic word or expression)
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Condición o carácter de arcaico. 2. Expresión, forma gramatical o vocablo que ya no se utiliza, que se considera obsoleto, o que resulta anticuado respecto a un momento dado en la historia, habiendo caído en desuso. 3. Utilización de voces o expresiones propias de una época pasada. 4. Imitación del estilo o de las cosas que pertenecen a un pasado muy anterior.
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 arcaísmo
- arcaísmos plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce arcaísmo?
- /aɾkaˈismo/
- [aɾ.kaˈiz.mo]
- [aɾkaˈismo]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to arcaísmo
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is arcaísmo in Spanish?
arcaísmo appears about once in every 8 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).