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ultraísmo

Spanish, noun/ultɾaˈismo/

ultraísmo is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “ultraism (Hispanophone literary movement)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Movimiento literario de vanguardia, activo en las segunda y tercera décadas del siglo XX, caracterizado por…”.

What does ultraísmo mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    masculineultraism (Hispanophone literary movement)

Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How Spanish dictionaries define it

noun: 1. Movimiento literario de vanguardia, activo en las segunda y tercera décadas del siglo XX, caracterizado por el abandono del sentimentalismo, el preciosismo modernista y de la rima, y el énfasis en una imaginería sugestiva y moderna.

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 ultraísmo

  • ultraísmos plural

Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce ultraísmo?

  • /ultɾaˈismo/
  • [ul̪.t̪ɾaˈiz.mo]
  • [ul̪t̪ɾaˈismo]

Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

How common is ultraísmo in Spanish?

ultraísmo appears about once in every 20 million words in written Spanish.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).