comportamiento
nounCEFR B2High frequency
What does “comportamiento” mean in English?
behaviour, conduct
behaviour, conduct (the way a person or entity acts; modificar el comportamiento; comportamiento social)
Example sentences
El comportamiento del consumidor ha cambiado drásticamente con el comercio electrónico: se compara más, se fideliza menos.
Consumer behaviour has changed drastically with e-commerce: people compare more and are less loyal.
Comprender el comportamiento electoral de los jóvenes es clave para las estrategias políticas de los próximos años.
Understanding young people's electoral behaviour is key to political strategies over the coming years.
Los etólogos estudian el comportamiento animal en su entorno natural para entender sus estrategias de supervivencia.
Ethologists study animal behaviour in its natural environment to understand their survival strategies.
How to use it
El comportamiento (noun, masculine) means 'behaviour, conduct' — the way a person, group, animal, or system acts. At B2 it appears in psychology, social science, economics, and ecology. Core collocations: el comportamiento social/antisocial/del consumidor; analizar/modificar/explicar el comportamiento; un comportamiento alarmante/ejemplar; el comportamiento del mercado. The related verb is comportarse (to behave): se comportó con gran profesionalidad. Distinguish from conducta (more formal, legal/educational term for behaviour) and actuación (a specific performance or action).
Common mistake
Comportamiento (behaviour as a pattern) vs conducta (behaviour in a more formal/normative sense, often used in law, education, and psychology assessments): they overlap significantly, but conducta appears more in official reports and behavioural protocols. 'Good behaviour' in school = buena conducta (not usually *buen comportamiento, though both exist).