estímulo

Borrowed from Latin stimulus (“goad; incentive”).

estímulo m (plural estímulos)

1. stimulus (anything that induces a person to take action)

   Synonym: incentivo

2. (physiology) stimulus (something external that elicits or influences a physiological or psychological activity or response)
3. (psychology) stimulus (anything effectively impinging upon any of the sensory apparatuses of a living organism)
4. (economics) stimulus (a policy that attempts to improve the economy)

• estimulante
• estimular

Borrowed from Latin stimulus.

• IPA^(key): /esˈtimulo/ [esˈt̪i.mu.lo]
• Rhymes: -imulo
• Syllabification: es‧tí‧mu‧lo

estímulo m (plural estímulos)

1. stimulus

   Synonym: incentivo

• “estímulo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28