adoptivo

Galician

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin adoptīvus.

Adjective

adoptivo (feminine adoptiva, masculine plural adoptivos, feminine plural adoptivas)

1. adoptive

Related terms

• adoptar

Further reading

• “adoptivo”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2024

Latin

Adjective

adoptīvō

1. dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of adoptīvus

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /a.dopˈt͡ʃi.vu/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /a.dopˈt͡ʃi.vu/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /a.dopˈt͡ʃi.vo/

• Hyphenation: a‧dop‧ti‧vo

Adjective

adoptivo (feminine adoptiva, masculine plural adoptivos, feminine plural adoptivas)

1. (Brazil, rare) Alternative form of adotivo
2. (European Portuguese spelling) Pre-reform spelling (used until 1990) of adotivo. Still used in countries where the agreement hasn't come into effect; may occur as a sporadic misspelling.

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin adoptīvus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /adobˈtibo/ [a.ð̞oβ̞ˈt̪i.β̞o]
• Rhymes: -ibo
• Syllabification: a‧dop‧ti‧vo

Adjective

adoptivo (feminine adoptiva, masculine plural adoptivos, feminine plural adoptivas)

1. foster, adoptive (providing parental care to unrelated children)
2. foster (receiving such care)

Related terms

• adopción
• adoptar

 

Further reading

• “adoptivo”, 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