afectivo

Portuguese

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ivu
• Hyphenation: a‧fec‧ti‧vo

Adjective

afectivo (feminine afectiva, masculine plural afectivos, feminine plural afectivas)

1. Pre-reform spelling (used until 1943 in Brazil and 1990 in Portugal) of afetivo. Still used in countries where the agreement hasn't come into effect; may occur as a sporadic misspelling.

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin affectīvus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /afeɡˈtibo/ [a.feɣ̞ˈt̪i.β̞o]
• Rhymes: -ibo
• Syllabification: a‧fec‧ti‧vo

Adjective

afectivo (feminine afectiva, masculine plural afectivos, feminine plural afectivas)

1. affective
2. emotional

Derived terms

• afectivamente

 

Related terms

• afectar
• afectividad

 

Further reading

• “afectivo”, 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