rotativo
Spanish, noun/rotaˈtibo/
rotativo is spelled R-O-T-A-T-I-V-O (8 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written Spanish, the 36,968th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Rotativo is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “rotary printing press” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Por extensión, periódico impreso en máquinas de imprimir rotativas”.
What does rotativo mean in English?
adjective
- 1
rotating, revolving
- 2
rotary
noun
- 1
masculinerotary printing press
- 2
masculinenewspaper; paper
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Que da vueltas alrededor de un eje. 2. Dícese de la máquina de imprimir que, con movimiento continuado y a gran velocidad, imprime los ejemplares de un periódico.
noun: 1. Por extensión, periódico impreso en máquinas de imprimir rotativas.
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 rotativo
- rotativa feminine
- rotativos masculine plural
- rotativas feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce rotativo?
- /rotaˈtibo/
- [ro.t̪aˈt̪i.β̞o]
- [rot̪aˈt̪iβ̞o]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to rotativo
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is rotativo in Spanish?
rotativo 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).