puntillismo
Spanish, noun/puntiˈʝismo/
puntillismo is spelled P-U-N-T-I-L-L-I-S-M-O (11 letters) and appears about once in every 14 million words in written Spanish, the 139,655th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Puntillismo is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “pointillism” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Estilo de pintura que consiste en poner puntos de colores puros en vez de pinceladas sobre la tela. Aparece…”.
What does puntillismo mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinepointillism
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Estilo de pintura que consiste en poner puntos de colores puros en vez de pinceladas sobre la tela. Aparece por primera vez en 1880, encabezado por el pintor neoimpresionista Georges Seurat.
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 puntillismo
- puntillismos plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce puntillismo?
- /puntiˈʝismo/
- [pũn̪.t̪iˈʝiz.mo]
- [pũn̪t̪iˈʝismo]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to puntillismo
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is puntillismo in Spanish?
puntillismo appears about once in every 14 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).