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causativo

Spanish, adjective/kausaˈtibo/

causativo is spelled C-A-U-S-A-T-I-V-O (9 letters) and appears about once in every 35 million words in written Spanish, the 210,939th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Causativo is a Spanish adjective meaning “causative” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Que expresa causa o motivo”.

What does causativo mean in English?

adjective

  1. 1

    causative

Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How Spanish dictionaries define it

adjective: 1. Que expresa causa o motivo

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 causativo

  • causativa feminine
  • causativos masculine plural
  • causativas feminine plural

Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce causativo?

  • /kausaˈtibo/
  • [kau̯.saˈt̪i.β̞o]
  • [kawsaˈt̪iβ̞o]

Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

English words that translate to causativo

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is causativo in Spanish?

causativo appears about once in every 35 million words in written Spanish.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

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