absoluto

Esperanto

Etymology

From absoluta +‎ -o.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /absoˈluto/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -uto
• Syllabification: ab‧so‧lu‧to

Noun

absoluto (accusative singular absoluton, plural absolutoj, accusative plural absolutojn)

1. (philosophy) absolute (realm which exists without reference to anything else)

Further reading

• “absoluto”, in Plena Ilustrita Vortaro de Esperanto [Complete Illustrated Dictionary of Esperanto], 2020, →ISBN

Galician

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /absoˈluto/ [ab.s̺oˈlu.t̪ʊ]
• Rhymes: -uto
• Hyphenation: ab‧so‧lu‧to

Adjective

absoluto (feminine absoluta, masculine plural absolutos, feminine plural absolutas)

1. absolute

Further reading

• “absoluto”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2026
• “absoluto”, in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (in Galician), 2014–2026

Latin

Participle

absolūtō

1. dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of absolūtus

References

• "absoluto", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin absolūtus.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ab.soˈlu.tu/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ab.soˈlu.tu/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ab.soˈlu.to/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐ.bsuˈlu.tu/ [ɐ.βsuˈlu.tu]

• Hyphenation: ab‧so‧lu‧to

Adjective

absoluto (feminine absoluta, masculine plural absolutos, feminine plural absolutas)

1. absolute
2. unmitigated
3. total

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:absoluto.

Derived terms

• absolutamente
• absolutismo
• absolutista

Further reading

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

Spanish

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *-o

Proto-Indo-European *h₂epó

Proto-Italic *ap

Latin abder.

Latin ab-

Proto-Indo-European *s(w)é

Latin se-

Proto-Indo-European *lewh₁-der.

Proto-Indo-European *luh₁-é-ti

Latin luō

Latin solvō

Latin absolvōder.

Latin absolūtuslbor.

Spanish absoluto

Learned borrowing from Latin absolūtus, from absolvō (“to loosen, to absolve”), from ab- (“from, away from”) + solvō (“to release, to loosen, to dissolve, to take apart”). Doublet of absuelto.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /absoˈluto/ [aβ̞.soˈlu.t̪o]

• Audio (Colombia):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -uto
• Syllabification: ab‧so‧lu‧to

Adjective

absoluto (feminine absoluta, masculine plural absolutos, feminine plural absolutas)

1. absolute

   Antonyms: condicional, relativo

Derived terms

• ablativo absoluto
• absolutamente
• absolutismo
• absolutista
• cero absoluto
• clavada absoluta
• en absoluto
• en lo absoluto
• mayoría absoluta
• monarquía absoluta
• poder absoluto
• presión absoluta
• valor absoluto

Further reading

• “absoluto”, 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
• “absoluto”, in Diccionario de americanismos [Dictionary of Americanisms] (in Spanish), Association of Academies of the Spanish Language [Spanish: Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española], 2010

Tagalog

Alternative forms

• absuluto — superseded, pre-2014

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *-o

Proto-Indo-European *h₂epó

Proto-Italic *ap

Latin abder.

Latin ab-

Proto-Indo-European *s(w)é

Latin se-

Proto-Indo-European *lewh₁-der.

Proto-Indo-European *luh₁-é-ti

Latin luō

Latin solvō

Latin absolvōder.

Latin absolūtuslbor.

Spanish absolutobor.

Tagalog absoluto

Borrowed from Spanish absoluto, a learned borrowing from Latin absolūtus, from absolvō (“to loosen, to absolve”), from ab- (“from, away from”) + solvō (“to release, to loosen, to dissolve, to take apart”). Doublet of absuwelto.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ʔabsoˈluto/ [ʔɐb.soˈluː.t̪o]

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -uto
• Syllabification: ab‧so‧lu‧to

Adjective

absoluto (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜊ᜔ᜐᜓᜎᜓᜆᜓ)

1. absolute

   Synonyms: ganap, lubos, buo, dalisay, puro

Related terms

• absolbe
• absolusyon
• absolutismo
• absolutista
• absuwelto

Further reading

• “absoluto”, 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