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ergativo

  • [eɾɣ̞aˈt̪iβ̞o]

Rhymes with i.bo

noun ergativos

  1. Casos gramaticales Uno de los casos gramaticales para el sintagma nominal en los lenguajes llamados de ergativo-absolutivo, donde generalmente se marca el sujeto de los verbos transitivos, es decir, en todos los casos aquel actor gramatical que realiza una acción de la que no es objeto.

In English

  • ergative case case used to indicate the agent of a verb in ergative-absolutive languages
  • ergative with the subjects of transitive constructions having grammatical cases or themat
  • ergative verb ambitransitive verb where the patient is the object of the transitive, but becom

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@misc{ergativo_2026,
  title = {ergativo},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/es/ergativo},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}