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indicativo

indicative

adjective noun een-dee-kah-TEE-boh Rare
Communication Language

Origin: Latin indicativus, from indicare (to point out)

Usage Note

Indicativo as an adjective means 'serving as an indication' (un dato indicativo). As a noun, el indicativo is the grammatical indicative mood — the default mood for stating facts, as opposed to el subjuntivo (subjunctive). This is a key grammar term for Spanish learners since Spanish uses the subjunctive far more broadly than English does. The feminine adjectival form is indicativa.

Examples

"El verbo está en indicativo presente."

Natural Translation

The verb is in the present indicative.

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