indicativo

Italian

Etymology

From indicare +‎ -ivo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /in.di.kaˈti.vo/
• Rhymes: -ivo
• Hyphenation: in‧di‧ca‧tì‧vo

Adjective

indicativo (feminine indicativa, masculine plural indicativi, feminine plural indicative)

1. indicative
2. approximate

   Synonym: approssimativo

Noun

indicativo m (plural indicativi)

1. (grammar) indicative

Related terms

• indicare
• indicativamente
• indicato

 

Latin

Adjective

indicātīvō

1. dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of indicātīvus

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ĩ.d͡ʒi.kaˈt͡ʃi.vu/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ĩ.d͡ʒi.kaˈt͡ʃi.vu/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ĩ.d͡ʒi.kaˈt͡ʃi.vo/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ĩ.di.kɐˈti.vu/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ĩ.di.kɐˈti.vu/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ĩ.di.kɐˈti.bu/ [ĩ.di.kɐˈti.βu]

Adjective

indicativo (feminine indicativa, masculine plural indicativos, feminine plural indicativas)

1. indicative (serving as a sign of something)

   Synonym: indicador

2. (grammar) indicative (relating or belonging to the indicative mood)

Noun

indicativo m (plural indicativos)

1. (grammar) indicative (verbal mood used for ordinary factual or objective statements)
2. (broadcasting) call sign (sign used to identify a station)

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /indikaˈtibo/ [ĩn̪.d̪i.kaˈt̪i.β̞o]
• Rhymes: -ibo
• Syllabification: in‧di‧ca‧ti‧vo

Adjective

indicativo (feminine indicativa, masculine plural indicativos, feminine plural indicativas)

1. indicative (serving as a sign of something)
2. (grammar) indicative (relating or belonging to the indicative mood)

Derived terms

• modo indicativo

 

Noun

indicativo m (plural indicativos)

1. (grammar) indicative (verbal mood used for ordinary factual or objective statements)

Further reading

• “indicativo”, 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