mayorazgo

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /maʝoˈɾaθɡo/ [ma.ʝoˈɾaθ̬.ɣ̞o] (Equatorial Guinea, Spain)

 

• IPA^(key): /maʝoˈɾasɡo/ [ma.ʝoˈɾaz.ɣ̞o] (Latin America, Philippines)

• IPA^(key): /maʝoˈɾasɡo/ [ma.ʝoˈɾaz.ɣ̞o] (most of Latin America, Philippines)
• IPA^(key): /maʃoˈɾasɡo/ [ma.ʃoˈɾaz.ɣ̞o] (Buenos Aires and environs)
• IPA^(key): /maʒoˈɾasɡo/ [ma.ʒoˈɾaz.ɣ̞o] (elsewhere in Pampas and southern Argentina, Uruguay)
• IPA^(key): /majoˈɾasɡo/ [ma.joˈɾaz.ɣ̞o] (northern Mexico, Yucatán, Central America (except Panama))

• Rhymes: -aθɡo (Equatorial Guinea, Spain)
• Rhymes: -asɡo (Latin America, Philippines)
• Syllabification: ma‧yo‧raz‧go

Noun

mayorazgo m (plural mayorazgos)

1. primogeniture
2. firstborn
3. estate; inheritance

Related terms

• mayor

Further reading

• “mayorazgo”, 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