elativo
[elaˈt̪iβ̞o]
The verdict
“elativo” is uncommon Spanish (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency Spanish
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Caso gramatical aplicado a adjetivos o a adverbios en grado superlativo, como en vozarrón.
Corpus desk
Index ES-elativo · elativo · Spanish
elativo · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "E" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | elativo |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [elaˈt̪iβ̞o] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “elativo” en español
Rare enough to double-check
elativo is uncommon Spanish outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [elaˈt̪iβ̞o]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for elativo, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct Spanish form is elativo, spelled E-L-A-T-I-V-O.
Definition
- 1Caso gramatical aplicado a adjetivos o a adverbios en grado superlativo, como en vozarrón.
- 2Caso locativo especial de idiomas flexivos como el estonio, el finés (finlandés) y el húngaro, referido a desplazamiento (del interior) hacia el exterior.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how elativo appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Descubrí que hay incidentes de casos (como en el alemán es costumbre) en el español, aunque estos son muy raros. Buscándolos encontraba la expresión de ”caso elativo”, refiriéndose a alguna dirección de un punto fijo. Entonces, mis preguntas son: a. ¿Es este “caso elativo” el mismo que el ablativo en el latín? y b. ¿Podría Vd. darme algunos ejemplos del e…
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