absentismo

Basque

Etymology

From Spanish absentismo (“truancy”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /abs̺entis̺mo/ [aβ̞.s̺ẽn̪.t̪iz̺.mo]
• Rhymes: -is̺mo, -o
• Hyphenation: ab‧sen‧tis‧mo

Noun

absentismo inan

1. truancy (the act of shirking from responsibilities and duties)

Declension

Declension of absentismo (inan V-stem)

	indefinite	singular	plural	proximal plural
absolutive	absentismo	absentismoa	absentismoak	absentismook
ergative	absentismok	absentismoak	absentismoek	absentismook
dative	absentismori	absentismoari	absentismoei	absentismooi
genitive	absentismoren	absentismoaren	absentismoen	absentismoon
comitative	absentismorekin	absentismoarekin	absentismoekin	absentismookin
causative	absentismorengatik	absentismoarengatik	absentismoengatik	absentismoongatik
benefactive	absentismorentzat	absentismoarentzat	absentismoentzat	absentismoontzat
instrumental	absentismoz	absentismoaz	absentismoez	absentismootaz
inessive	absentismotan	absentismoan	absentismoetan	absentismootan
locative	absentismotako	absentismoko	absentismoetako	absentismootako
allative	absentismotara	absentismora	absentismoetara	absentismootara
terminative	absentismotaraino	absentismoraino	absentismoetaraino	absentismootaraino
directive	absentismotarantz	absentismorantz	absentismoetarantz	absentismootarantz
destinative	absentismotarako	absentismorako	absentismoetarako	absentismootarako
ablative	absentismotatik	absentismotik	absentismoetatik	absentismootatik
partitive	absentismorik	—	—	—
prolative	absentismotzat	—	—	—

Related terms

• absente (“absent”)
• absentzia (“absence”)

Further reading

• “absentismo”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy] (in Basque), Euskaltzaindia [Royal Academy of the Basque Language]

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• absenteísmo

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ab.sẽˈt͡ʃiz.mu/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ab.sẽˈt͡ʃiz.mu/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ab.sẽˈt͡ʃiʒ.mu/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐb.sẽˈtiʒ.mu/ [ɐβ.sẽˈtiʒ.mu]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐb.sẽˈtiʒ.mu/ [ɐβ.sẽˈtiʒ.mu]
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐb.sẽˈtiʒ.mu/

• Hyphenation: ab‧sen‧tis‧mo

Noun

absentismo m (plural absentismos)

1. truancy (the act of shirking from responsibilities and duties)

Further reading

• “absentismo”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “absentismo”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Spanish

Etymology

Calque of English absenteeism.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /absenˈtismo/ [aβ̞.sẽn̪ˈt̪iz.mo]
• Rhymes: -ismo
• Syllabification: ab‧sen‧tis‧mo

Noun

absentismo m (plural absentismos)

1. truancy, absenteeism (the act of shirking from responsibilities and duties)

   Alternative form: ausentismo

Related terms

• absentista

Further reading

• “absentismo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish absentismo, calque of English absenteeism.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ʔabsenˈtismo/ [ʔɐb.sɛn̪ˈt̪is.mo]

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• Rhymes: -ismo
• Syllabification: ab‧sen‧tis‧mo

Noun

absentismo (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜊ᜔ᜐᜒᜈ᜔ᜆᜒᜐ᜔ᜋᜓ)

1. absenteeism

   Synonym: pagliban

Related terms

• absent

Further reading

• “absentismo”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, 2018
• Cuadrado Muñiz, Adolfo (1972), Hispanismos en el tagalo: diccionario de vocablos de origen español vigentes en esta lengua filipina, Madrid: Oficina de Educación Iberoamericana, page 4