alfabetizable

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Spanish

Etymology

From alfabetizar +‎ -able.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (Spain) /alfabetiˈθable/
  • IPA(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /alfabetiˈsable/
  • Rhymes: -able
  • Syllabification: al‧fa‧be‧ti‧za‧ble

Adjective

alfabetizable m or f (masculine and feminine plural alfabetizables)

  1. able to be made literate (able to read and write)
    • 1961, Casa de las Américas, volume 2, numbers 7-16, page xxiii:
      Es decir, que toda persona alfabetizada y toda persona alfabetizable que estuviera dispuesta a estudiar, han sido alfabetizadas, y solamente 26 personas jóvenes de 2,868, se negaron a alfabetizarse, esos no podemos contarlos.
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  2. alphabetizable (able to be arranged in alphabetical order)
    • 2004, José Martínez de Sousa, Ortografía y ortotipografía del español actual, page 526:
      Los signos generales, que no tengan por base una o más letras, no son alfabetizabas, y en un orden alfabético se prescinde de ellos cuando afecten a una unidad alfabetizable.
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