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galvanismo

Spanish, noun/ɡalbaˈnismo/

galvanismo is spelled G-A-L-V-A-N-I-S-M-O (10 letters) and appears about once in every 52 million words in written Spanish, the 254,909th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Galvanismo is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “galvanism” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Electricidad desarrollada por el contacto de dos metales diferentes, generalmente el cobre y el zinc, con un…”.

What does galvanismo mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    masculinegalvanism

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

How Spanish dictionaries define it

noun: 1. Electricidad desarrollada por el contacto de dos metales diferentes, generalmente el cobre y el zinc, con un líquido interpuesto. 2. Propiedad de excitar, por medio de corrientes eléctricas, movimientos en los nervios y músculos de animales vivos o muertos. 3. Rama de la física que estudia el galvanismo.

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 galvanismo

  • galvanismos plural

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

How do you pronounce galvanismo?

  • /ɡalbaˈnismo/
  • [ɡal.β̞aˈniz.mo]
  • [galβ̞aˈnismo]

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

How common is galvanismo in Spanish?

galvanismo appears about once in every 52 million words in written Spanish.

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

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