pívot
Spanish, noun/ˈpibot/
pívot is spelled P-Í-V-O-T (5 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written Spanish, the 43,425th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Pívot is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “center (US, CA), centre (UK) (the player, generally the tallest, who plays closest to the basket)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Variante de pivote (posición de juego)”.
What does pívot mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininemasculinecenter (US, CA), centre (UK) (the player, generally the tallest, who plays closest to the basket)
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Variante de pivote (posición de juego).
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 pívot
- pívots plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce pívot?
- /ˈpibot/
- [ˈpi.β̞ot̪]
- [ˈpiβ̞ot̪]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to pívot
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is pívot in Spanish?
pívot appears about once in every 1 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).