fricativo
Spanish, adjective/fɾikaˈtibo/
fricativo is spelled F-R-I-C-A-T-I-V-O (9 letters) and appears about once in every 25 million words in written Spanish, the 180,102nd most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Fricativo is a Spanish adjective meaning “fricative” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Caracterizado por el sonido de la fricción del flujo de aire cuando es forzado a pasar por el tracto vocal…”.
What does fricativo mean in English?
adjective
- 1
fricative
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Caracterizado por el sonido de la fricción del flujo de aire cuando es forzado a pasar por el tracto vocal parcialmente cerrado.
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 fricativo
- fricativa feminine
- fricativos masculine plural
- fricativas feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce fricativo?
- /fɾikaˈtibo/
- [fɾi.kaˈt̪i.β̞o]
- [fɾikaˈt̪iβ̞o]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to fricativo
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is fricativo in Spanish?
fricativo appears about once in every 25 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).