cautiverio
Spanish, noun/kautiˈbeɾjo/
cautiverio is spelled C-A-U-T-I-V-E-R-I-O (10 letters) and appears 3.3 times per million words in written Spanish, the 16,033rd most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Cautiverio is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “captivity” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Cautividad”.
What does cautiverio mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinecaptivity
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Cautividad.
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 cautiverio
- cautiverios plural
- captiverio alternative archaic
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce cautiverio?
- /kautiˈbeɾjo/
- [kau̯.t̪iˈβ̞e.ɾjo]
- [kawt̪iˈβ̞eɾjo]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to cautiverio
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is cautiverio in Spanish?
cautiverio appears 3.3 times per million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).