decisivo

Italian

Etymology

From deciso + -ivo, from decidere.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /de.t͡ʃiˈzi.vo/
  • Rhymes: -ivo
  • Hyphenation: de‧ci‧sì‧vo

Adjective

decisivo (feminine decisiva, masculine plural decisivi, feminine plural decisive)

  1. decisive
  2. deciding (factor, etc.)

Derived terms

Further reading

  • decisivo in Collins Italian-English Dictionary
  • decisivo in Aldo Gabrielli, Grandi Dizionario Italiano (Hoepli)
  • decisivo in garzantilinguistica.it – Garzanti Linguistica, De Agostini Scuola Spa
  • decisìvo in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication
  • decisivo in sapere.it – De Agostini Editore
  • deciṡivo in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Medieval Latin dēcīsīvus, from French décisif,[1][2] from Latin dēcīsus.

Pronunciation

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /de.siˈzi.vu/
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /de.siˈzi.vo/
 

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

Adjective

decisivo (feminine decisiva, masculine plural decisivos, feminine plural decisivas)

  1. decisive (having the power or quality of deciding a question or controversy)

Derived terms

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Further reading

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Medieval Latin decīsīvus. Compare French décisif.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (Spain) /deθiˈsibo/ [d̪e.θiˈsi.β̞o]
  • IPA(key): (Latin America) /desiˈsibo/ [d̪e.siˈsi.β̞o]
  • Rhymes: -ibo
  • Syllabification: de‧ci‧si‧vo

Adjective

decisivo (feminine decisiva, masculine plural decisivos, feminine plural decisivas)

  1. decisive
  2. defining (e.g. a defining moment)
  3. crucial, critical, key, instrumental, vital
  4. deciding, swing
    voto decisivoswing vote

Derived terms

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