abstracto

Aragonese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /absˈtɾaɡto/
• Rhymes: -aɡto
• Syllabification: abs‧trac‧to

Adjective

abstracto (feminine abstracta, masculine plural abstractos, feminine plural abstractas)

1. alternative form of abstrauto (“abstract”)

Galician

Alternative forms

• abstrato (reintegrationist)

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *h₂ep

Proto-Indo-European *-o

Proto-Indo-European *h₂epó

Proto-Italic *ap

Latin abder.

Latin ab-

Proto-Indo-European *dʰregʰ-der.?

Latin trahō

Latin abstrahō

Latin abstractuslbor.

Galician abstracto

Learned borrowing from Latin abstractus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /absˈtɾakto/ [aβ̞s̺ˈt̪ɾɑk.t̪ʊ]
• Rhymes: -akto
• Hyphenation: abs‧trac‧to

Adjective

abstracto (feminine abstracta, masculine plural abstractos, feminine plural abstractas)

1. abstract (considered apart from any application to a particular object)

   Antonym: concreto

2. (art) abstract (free from representational qualities)

Derived terms

• abstractamente

Related terms

• abstracción
• abstractivo
• abstraer

Further reading

• “abstracto”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2026

Latin

Participle

abstractō

1. dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of abstractus

Portuguese

Adjective

abstracto (feminine abstracta, masculine plural abstractos, feminine plural abstractas)

1. pre-reform spelling (used until 1943 in Brazil and 1990 in Portugal) of abstrato; still used where the agreement hasn’t come into effect and may occur as a sporadic misspelling

Further reading

• “abstracto”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Spanish

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *h₂ep

Proto-Indo-European *-o

Proto-Indo-European *h₂epó

Proto-Italic *ap

Latin abder.

Latin ab-

Proto-Indo-European *dʰregʰ-der.?

Latin trahō

Latin abstrahō

Latin abstractuslbor.

Spanish abstracto

Learned borrowing from Latin abstractus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /absˈtɾaɡto/ [aβ̞sˈt̪ɾaɣ̞.t̪o]

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• Rhymes: -aɡto
• Syllabification: abs‧trac‧to

Adjective

abstracto (feminine abstracta, masculine plural abstractos, feminine plural abstractas)

1. abstract (considered apart from any application to a particular object)

   Antonym: concreto

2. (art) abstract (free from representational qualities)

Derived terms

• abstractamente
• álgebra abstracta
• arte abstracto
• en abstracto
• nombre abstracto
• número abstracto
• sustantivo abstracto

Related terms

• abstracción
• abstractivo
• abstraer

Further reading

• “abstracto”, 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