ofensivo
Portuguese
Etymology
From Medieval Latin offēnsīvus, from Latin offēnsus, past participle of offendō (“to offend”). By surface analysis, ofenso + -ivo.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /o.fẽˈsi.vu/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /o.fẽˈsi.vo/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /ɔ.fẽˈsi.vu/
- (Northern Portugal) IPA(key): /ɔ.fẽˈsi.bu/ [ɔ.fẽˈsi.βu]
- Rhymes: -ivu
- Hyphenation: o‧fen‧si‧vo
Related terms
Further reading
- “ofensivo” in iDicionário Aulete.
- “ofensivo” in Dicionário inFormal.
- “ofensivo” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
- “ofensivo” in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa. Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024.
- “ofensivo” in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa.
- “ofensivo” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from Medieval Latin offēnsīvus, from Latin offēnsus, past participle of offendō (“to offend”). By surface analysis, ofenso + -ivo.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ofenˈsibo/ [o.fẽnˈsi.β̞o]
- Rhymes: -ibo
- Syllabification: o‧fen‧si‧vo
Adjective
ofensivo (feminine ofensiva, masculine plural ofensivos, feminine plural ofensivas)
- offensive
- Synonym: ultrajante
Further reading
- “ofensivo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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