expletivo

Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin expletīvus.

Pronunciation

 

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

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /(i)ʃ.plɛˈti.vu/, /ɐjʃ.plɛˈti.vu/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /(i)ʃ.plɛˈti.bu/ [(i)ʃ.plɛˈti.βu], /ejʃ.plɛˈti.bu/ [ejʃ.plɛˈti.βu]
  • (Central Portugal) IPA^(key): /(i)ʃ.plɛˈti.vu/, /ejʃ.plɛˈti.vu/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /(i)ʃ.plɛˈti.vu/, /eʃ.plɛˈti.vu/

• Rhymes: -ivu
• Hyphenation: ex‧ple‧ti‧vo

Adjective

expletivo (feminine expletiva, masculine plural expletivos, feminine plural expletivas)

1. (grammar) expletive (performing a syntactic role but contributing nothing to meaning)

Noun

expletivo m (plural expletivos)

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

   Synonym: expletiva

Further reading

• “expletivo”, in iDicionário Aulete (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2024
• “expletivo”, in Dicionário inFormal (in Portuguese), 2006–2024
• “expletivo” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
• “expletivo”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024
• “expletivo”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2024
• “expletivo”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin expletīvus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /eɡspleˈtibo/ [eɣ̞s.pleˈt̪i.β̞o]
• Rhymes: -ibo
• Syllabification: ex‧ple‧ti‧vo

Adjective

expletivo (feminine expletiva, masculine plural expletivos, feminine plural expletivas)

1. (grammar) expletive (performing a syntactic role but contributing nothing to meaning)

   Synonym: expletiva

Further reading

• “expletivo”, 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