defensivo

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /deː.fenˈsiː.u̯oː/, [d̪eːfẽːˈs̠iːu̯oː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /de.fenˈsi.vo/, [d̪efenˈsiːvo]

Adjective

dēfēnsīvō

1. dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of dēfēnsīvus

Portuguese

Etymology

From French défensif, from Medieval Latin dēfēnsīvus. By surface analysis, defensa +‎ -ivo.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˌde.fẽˈsi.vu/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˌde.fẽˈsi.vu/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˌde.fẽˈsi.vo/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /dɨ.fẽˈsi.vu/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /dɨ.fẽˈsi.vu/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /dɨ.fẽˈsi.bu/ [dɨ.fẽˈsi.βu]

• Rhymes: -ivu
• Hyphenation: de‧fen‧si‧vo

Adjective

defensivo (feminine defensiva, masculine plural defensivos, feminine plural defensivas)

1. defensive

Noun

defensivo m (plural defensivos)

1. This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.

Further reading

• “defensivo”, in iDicionário Aulete (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2024
• “defensivo”, in Dicionário inFormal (in Portuguese), 2006–2024
• “defensivo” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
• “defensivo”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024
• “defensivo”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2024
• “defensivo”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Medieval Latin dēfēnsīvus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /defenˈsibo/ [d̪e.fẽnˈsi.β̞o]
• Rhymes: -ibo
• Syllabification: de‧fen‧si‧vo

Adjective

defensivo (feminine defensiva, masculine plural defensivos, feminine plural defensivas)

1. defensive

Derived terms

• defensivamente
• línea defensiva

 

Related terms

• defender
• defensa
• defensiva

 

Noun

defensivo m (plural defensivos)

1. (dated) This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.

Further reading

• “defensivo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10