mayúsculo

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin maiusculus.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /maˈʝuskulo/ [maˈʝus.ku.lo]

• IPA^(key): /maˈʝuskulo/ [maˈʝus.ku.lo] (everywhere but Argentina and Uruguay)
• IPA^(key): /maˈʃuskulo/ [maˈʃus.ku.lo] (Buenos Aires and environs)
• IPA^(key): /maˈʒuskulo/ [maˈʒus.ku.lo] (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay)

• Rhymes: -uskulo
• Syllabification: ma‧yús‧cu‧lo

Adjective

mayúsculo (feminine mayúscula, masculine plural mayúsculos, feminine plural mayúsculas)

1. upper case, uppercase

   Antonym: minúsculo

2. (colloquial) big, tremendous

   Synonym: grandísimo

Derived terms

• letra mayúscula

Further reading

• “mayúsculo”, 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