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mayúsculo

Spanish, adjective/maˈʝuskulo/

mayúsculo is spelled M-A-Y-Ú-S-C-U-L-O (9 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written Spanish, the 58,329th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Mayúsculo is a Spanish adjective meaning “upper case, uppercase” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Más grande que lo habitual”.

What does mayúsculo mean in English?

adjective

  1. 1

    upper case, uppercase

  2. 2

    colloquialbig, tremendous

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

How Spanish dictionaries define it

adjective: 1. Más grande que lo habitual 2. Dicho de una letra, escrita o impresa en la forma de mayor tamaño que se emplea al inicio de las frases y para los nombres propios, así como en otras posiciones dependiendo del idioma 3. De mucha importancia o envergadura

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 mayúsculo

  • mayúscula feminine
  • mayúsculos masculine plural
  • mayúsculas feminine plural

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

How do you pronounce mayúsculo?

  • /maˈʝuskulo/
  • [maˈʝus.ku.lo]
  • [maˈʝuskulo]

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

English words that translate to mayúsculo

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is mayúsculo in Spanish?

mayúsculo appears about once in every 2 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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