expletiva

Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [əks.pləˈti.βə]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [əks.pləˈti.və]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [eks.pleˈti.va]

Adjective

expletiva

1. feminine singular of expletiu

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /(i)ʃ.plɛˈti.vɐ/, /ɐjʃ.plɛˈti.vɐ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /(i)ʃ.plɛˈti.vɐ/, /ɐjʃ.plɛˈti.vɐ/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /(i)ʃ.plɛˈti.bɐ/ [(i)ʃ.plɛˈti.βɐ], /ejʃ.plɛˈti.bɐ/ [ejʃ.plɛˈti.βɐ]
  • (Central Portugal) IPA^(key): /(i)ʃ.plɛˈti.vɐ/, /ejʃ.plɛˈti.vɐ/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /(i)ʃ.plɛˈti.vɐ/, /eʃ.plɛˈti.vɐ/

• Hyphenation: ex‧ple‧ti‧va

Etymology 1

Feminine substantive of expletivo.

Noun

expletiva f (plural expletivas)

1. (grammar) expletive (word that performs a syntactic role but contributes nothing to meaning)

   Synonym: expletivo

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Adjective

expletiva

1. feminine singular of expletivo

Further reading

• “expletiva”, in iDicionário Aulete (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025
• “expletiva”, in Dicionário inFormal (in Portuguese), 2006–2025
• “expletiva” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
• “expletiva”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
• “expletiva”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /eɡspleˈtiba/ [eɣ̞s.pleˈt̪i.β̞a]
• Rhymes: -iba
• Syllabification: ex‧ple‧ti‧va

Adjective

expletiva

1. feminine singular of expletivo