postizo
Spanish, noun/posˈtiθo/
postizo is spelled P-O-S-T-I-Z-O (7 letters) and appears about once in every 6 million words in written Spanish, the 90,681st most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Postizo is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “switch (whip)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does postizo mean in English?
adjective
- 1
false, artificial
- 2
prosthetic
noun
- 1
masculineswitch (whip)
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Que no es natural, que es un agregado impropio, falso y fingido. 2. Dicho de una parte del cuerpo: que fue implantada o agregada para suplir la carencia del órgano natural.
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 postizo
- postiza feminine
- postizos masculine plural
- postizas feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce postizo?
- /posˈtiθo/
- [posˈt̪i.θo]
- /posˈtiso/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to postizo
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is postizo in Spanish?
postizo appears about once in every 6 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).