rotacismo
Spanish, noun/rotaˈθismo/
rotacismo is spelled R-O-T-A-C-I-S-M-O (9 letters) and appears about once in every 72 million words in written Spanish, the 295,201st most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Rotacismo is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “rhotacism” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Fenómeno fonético de sustitución de un sonido, generalmente /s/ o /l/, por /r/ cuando se encuentra entre…”.
What does rotacismo mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinerhotacism
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Fenómeno fonético de sustitución de un sonido, generalmente /s/ o /l/, por /r/ cuando se encuentra entre vocales o al final de una palabra. 2. pronunciación peculiar, exagerada o deficiente, del sonido /r/.
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 rotacismo
- rotacismos plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce rotacismo?
- /rotaˈθismo/
- [ro.t̪aˈθiz.mo]
- /rotaˈsismo/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is rotacismo in Spanish?
rotacismo appears about once in every 72 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).