Skip to main content

demostrativo

Spanish, noun/demostɾaˈtibo/

demostrativo is spelled D-E-M-O-S-T-R-A-T-I-V-O (12 letters) and appears about once in every 3 million words in written Spanish, the 62,884th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Demostrativo is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “demonstrative” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).

What does demostrativo mean in English?

adjective

  1. 1

    demonstrative

  2. 2

    demonstrative

noun

  1. 1

    masculinedemonstrative

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

How Spanish dictionaries define it

adjective: 1. Que demuestra o sirve para demostrar (probar, mostrar). 2. Que pertenece o concierne a la demostración (proceso de probar o comprobar una hipótesis). 3. Se dice de pronombres y adjetivos que sirven para hacer referencia a seres según su distancia, en espacio o tiempo, respecto a quien emite o recibe el mensaje. 4. Se dice de alguien que tiende a manifestar lo que siente, especialmente el afecto, cariño o amor.

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 demostrativo

  • demostrativa feminine
  • demostrativos masculine plural
  • demostrativas feminine plural

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

How do you pronounce demostrativo?

  • /demostɾaˈtibo/
  • [d̪e.mos.t̪ɾaˈt̪i.β̞o]
  • [d̪emost̪ɾaˈt̪iβ̞o]

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

English words that translate to demostrativo

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

How common is demostrativo in Spanish?

demostrativo appears about once in every 3 million words in written Spanish.

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

What to look up after demostrativo