ergotismo
Spanish, noun/eɾɡoˈtismo/
ergotismo is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “ergotism” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Enfermedad o intoxicación producida por ingestión de microtoxinas, en particular la ergotina del cornezuelo…”.
What does ergotismo mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineergotism
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Enfermedad o intoxicación producida por ingestión de microtoxinas, en particular la ergotina del cornezuelo del centeno.
noun: 1. Sistema de argumentación a través de silogismos exagerados o usados con exceso.
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 ergotismo
- ergotismos plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce ergotismo?
- /eɾɡoˈtismo/
- [eɾ.ɣ̞oˈt̪iz.mo]
- [eɾɣ̞oˈt̪ismo]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is ergotismo in Spanish?
ergotismo appears about once in every 40 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).