macartismo
Spanish, noun/makaɾˈtismo/
macartismo is spelled M-A-C-A-R-T-I-S-M-O (10 letters) and appears about once in every 16 million words in written Spanish, the 147,327th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Macartismo is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “McCarthyism” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Período de la historia estadounidense caracterizado por la represión y persecución a individuos izquierdistas…”.
What does macartismo mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineMcCarthyism
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Período de la historia estadounidense caracterizado por la represión y persecución a individuos izquierdistas y marxistas. 2. Por extensión, cualquier actitud que implique la persecución a personas de izquierda.
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 macartismo
- macartismos plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce macartismo?
- /makaɾˈtismo/
- [ma.kaɾˈt̪iz.mo]
- [makaɾˈt̪ismo]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is macartismo in Spanish?
macartismo appears about once in every 16 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).