autoritativo
Spanish, adjective/autoɾitaˈtibo/
autoritativo is spelled A-U-T-O-R-I-T-A-T-I-V-O (12 letters) and appears about once in every 68 million words in written Spanish, the 285,965th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Autoritativo is a Spanish adjective meaning “authoritative” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Cualidad de las decisiones tomadas por un órgano político y que consiste en que han de ser cumplidas por…”.
What does autoritativo mean in English?
adjective
- 1
rareauthoritative
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Cualidad de las decisiones tomadas por un órgano político y que consiste en que han de ser cumplidas por todos los ciudadanos obligatoriamente.
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 autoritativo
- autoritativa feminine
- autoritativos masculine plural
- autoritativas feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce autoritativo?
- /autoɾitaˈtibo/
- [au̯.t̪o.ɾi.t̪aˈt̪i.β̞o]
- [awt̪oɾit̪aˈt̪iβ̞o]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to autoritativo
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is autoritativo in Spanish?
autoritativo appears about once in every 68 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).