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vitalismo

Spanish, noun/bitaˈlismo/

vitalismo is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “vitalism (doctrine that life involves some immaterial vital force)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Teoría filosófica que considera a la vida como un hecho que no depende para ser más que de sí mismo…”.

What does vitalismo mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    masculinevitalism (doctrine that life involves some immaterial vital force)

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

How Spanish dictionaries define it

noun: 1. Teoría filosófica que considera a la vida como un hecho que no depende para ser más que de sí mismo, soslayando las leyes físicas y químicas, y que no puede ser explicado por la ciencia.

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 vitalismo

  • vitalismos plural

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

How do you pronounce vitalismo?

  • /bitaˈlismo/
  • [bi.t̪aˈliz.mo]
  • [bit̪aˈlismo]

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

English words that translate to vitalismo

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is vitalismo in Spanish?

vitalismo appears about once in every 11 million words in written Spanish.

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