atavismo
Spanish, noun/ataˈbismo/
atavismo is spelled A-T-A-V-I-S-M-O (8 letters) and appears about once in every 13 million words in written Spanish, the 135,232nd most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Atavismo is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “atavism” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Aparición en una persona de rasgos físicos, rasgos psicológicos, costumbres o morales propias de ancestros…”.
What does atavismo mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineatavism
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Aparición en una persona de rasgos físicos, rasgos psicológicos, costumbres o morales propias de ancestros lejanos. Generalmente se toma en mala parte. 2. Reaparición de determinados caracteres procedentes de antepasados remotos, en sus últimos descendientes, sin que se hayan manifestado en las generaciones intermedias.
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 atavismo
- atavismos plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce atavismo?
- /ataˈbismo/
- [a.t̪aˈβ̞iz.mo]
- [at̪aˈβ̞ismo]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to atavismo
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is atavismo in Spanish?
atavismo appears about once in every 13 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).