vicisitud

Spanish

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *weyk-der.

Latin vicis

Proto-Indo-European *-tu-

Proto-Indo-European *-d-

Proto-Indo-European *-Hō

Proto-Italic *-tūdō

Latin -tūdō

Latin vicissitudōder.

Spanish vicisitud

Derived from Latin vicissitudō.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /biθisiˈtud/ [bi.θi.siˈt̪uð̞] (Equatorial Guinea, Spain)
• IPA^(key): /bisisiˈtud/ [bi.si.siˈt̪uð̞] (Latin America, Philippines)
• Rhymes: -ud
• Syllabification: vi‧ci‧si‧tud

Noun

vicisitud f (plural vicisitudes)

1. vicissitude, change, succession

   Synonym: cambio

Further reading

• “vicisitud”, 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