cortoplacismo
Spanish, noun/koɾtoplaˈθismo/
cortoplacismo is spelled C-O-R-T-O-P-L-A-C-I-S-M-O (13 letters) and appears about once in every 28 million words in written Spanish, the 191,875th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Cortoplacismo is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “short-sightedness, short-termism” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Tendencia a priorizar los beneficios en el corto plazo en detrimento de los beneficios en el largo plazo”.
What does cortoplacismo mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineshort-sightedness, short-termism
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Tendencia a priorizar los beneficios en el corto plazo en detrimento de los beneficios en el largo plazo.
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 cortoplacismo
- cortoplacismos plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce cortoplacismo?
- /koɾtoplaˈθismo/
- [koɾ.t̪o.plaˈθiz.mo]
- /koɾtoplaˈsismo/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is cortoplacismo in Spanish?
cortoplacismo appears about once in every 28 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).