cactáceo

Spanish

Etymology

Etymology tree

Spanish cactus

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂ks

Proto-Italic *-āks

Latin -āx

Proto-Indo-European *-éyos

Proto-Italic *-ejos

Proto-Italic *-eos

Latin -eus

Latin -āceusbor.

Spanish -áceo

Spanish cactáceo

From cactus + -áceo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kaɡˈtaθeo/ [kaɣ̞ˈt̪a.θe.o] (Equatorial Guinea, Spain)
• IPA^(key): /kaɡˈtaseo/ [kaɣ̞ˈt̪a.se.o] (Latin America, Philippines)
• Rhymes: -aθeo (Equatorial Guinea, Spain)
• Rhymes: -aseo (Latin America, Philippines)
• Syllabification: cac‧tá‧ce‧o

Adjective

cactáceo (feminine cactácea, masculine plural cactáceos, feminine plural cactáceas)

1. cactaceous

Further reading

• “cactáceo”, 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