subnormalidad

Spanish

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *upó

Proto-Italic *supo

Latin sub

Latin sub-lbor.

Spanish sub-

Proto-Indo-European *ǵneh₃-

Proto-Indo-European *-sḱéti

Proto-Indo-European *ǵn̥h₃sḱétider.

Proto-Hellenic *gignṓskō

Ancient Greek γιγνώσκω (gignṓskō)

Proto-Indo-European *-mṓ

Ancient Greek -μων (-mōn)

Ancient Greek γνώμων (gnṓmōn)bor.

Etruscanbor.?

Latin norma

Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-

Proto-Indo-European *-is

Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.?

Proto-Italic *-ālis

Latin -ālis

Latin nōrmālis

Spanish normal

Spanish subnormal

Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂

Proto-Indo-European *-ts

Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂tsder.

Latin -itātemlbor.

Spanish -idad

Spanish subnormalidad

From subnormal + -idad.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /subnoɾmaliˈdad/ [suβ̞.noɾ.ma.liˈð̞að̞]
• Rhymes: -ad
• Syllabification: sub‧nor‧ma‧li‧dad

Noun

subnormalidad f (plural subnormalidades)

1. stupidity, moronicity
   • 2015 October 23, “El juicio por la muerte de Asunta da la última palabra a los acusados”, in El País‎^[1], Madrid: Ediciones El País, S.L., →ISSN:

     En primer lugar, que solo una persona que "rayase en la subnormalidad" podría exhibir a su hija sedada durante tres meses o dejar unas cuerdas en la pista.

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Further reading

• “subnormalidad”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), 24th edition, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 30 October 2026