ergativo
Spanish, noun/eɾɡaˈtibo/
ergativo is spelled E-R-G-A-T-I-V-O (8 letters) and appears about once in every 58 million words in written Spanish, the 265,703rd most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Ergativo is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “ergative; ergative case” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Uno de los casos gramaticales para el sintagma nominal en los lenguajes llamados de ergativo-absolutivo…”.
What does ergativo mean in English?
adjective
- 1
ergative
noun
- 1
masculineergative; ergative case
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Uno de los casos gramaticales para el sintagma nominal en los lenguajes llamados de ergativo-absolutivo, donde generalmente se marca el sujeto de los verbos transitivos, es decir, en todos los casos aquel actor gramatical que realiza una acción de la que no es objeto.
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 ergativo
- ergativa feminine
- ergativos masculine plural
- ergativas feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce ergativo?
- /eɾɡaˈtibo/
- [eɾ.ɣ̞aˈt̪i.β̞o]
- [eɾɣ̞aˈt̪iβ̞o]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to ergativo
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is ergativo in Spanish?
ergativo appears about once in every 58 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).