elusivo
Italian
Etymology
From Latin ēlūsus + -ivo, from the perfect passive participle of ēlūdō (“to deceive, to escape”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /e.luˈzi.vo/
- Rhymes: -ivo
- Hyphenation: e‧lu‧sì‧vo
Derived terms
Further reading
- elusivo in Collins Italian-English Dictionary
- elusivo in Aldo Gabrielli, Grandi Dizionario Italiano (Hoepli)
- elusivo in garzantilinguistica.it – Garzanti Linguistica, De Agostini Scuola Spa
- elusìvo in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication
- elusivo in sapere.it – De Agostini Editore
- eluṡivo in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
Portuguese
Etymology
From Latin ēlūsus + -ivo, from the perfect passive participle of ēlūdō (“to deceive, to escape”). Possibly a loan from English elusive or French élusif, themselves derived from Latin.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /e.luˈzi.vu/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /e.luˈzi.vo/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /i.luˈzi.vu/
- (Northern Portugal) IPA(key): /i.luˈzi.bu/ [i.luˈzi.βu]
- Rhymes: -ivu
- Hyphenation: e‧lu‧si‧vo
- Homophone: ilusivo (Portugal)
Further reading
- “elusivo” in iDicionário Aulete.
- “elusivo” in Dicionário inFormal.
- “elusivo” in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa. Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024.
- “elusivo” in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa.
- “elusivo” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.
Spanish
Etymology
From Latin ēlūsus + -ivo, from the perfect passive participle of ēlūdō (“to deceive, to escape”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /eluˈsibo/ [e.luˈsi.β̞o]
- Rhymes: -ibo
- Syllabification: e‧lu‧si‧vo
Adjective
elusivo (feminine elusiva, masculine plural elusivos, feminine plural elusivas)
- elusive
- Synonym: escurridizo
- evasive
- Synonym: evasivo
Related terms
Further reading
- “elusivo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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