vértigo
Spanish, noun/ˈbeɾtiɡo/
vértigo is spelled V-É-R-T-I-G-O (7 letters) and appears 2.8 times per million words in written Spanish, the 18,166th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Vértigo is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “vertigo” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Alteración del sentido del equilibrio manifestada por una sensación irreal de movimiento de rotación del…”.
What does vértigo mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinevertigo
vértigo de la altura
- 2
masculinefrenzy
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Alteración del sentido del equilibrio manifestada por una sensación irreal de movimiento de rotación del cuerpo. 2. Perturbación del juicio súbita y corta de tiempo. Se le considera como una rama de la locura. 3. Aceleración excesiva en el ritmo de acción de un individuo o grupo.
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 vértigo
- vértigos plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce vértigo?
- /ˈbeɾtiɡo/
- [ˈbeɾ.t̪i.ɣ̞o]
- [ˈbeɾt̪iɣ̞o]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to vértigo
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is vértigo in Spanish?
vértigo appears 2.8 times per million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).