relatividad

Spanish

Etymology

Etymology tree

Spanish relativo

Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂

Proto-Indo-European *-ts

Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ts

Latin -itātemlbor.

Spanish -idad

Spanish relatividad

From relativo + -idad.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /relatibiˈdad/ [re.la.t̪i.β̞iˈð̞að̞]
• Rhymes: -ad
• Syllabification: re‧la‧ti‧vi‧dad

Noun

relatividad f (plural relatividades)

1. relativity (state of being relative)
2. relativity (principle of physics)

Derived terms

• relatividad especial
• relatividad general

Further reading

• “relatividad”, 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