imperativo

Esperanto

Etymology

From Latin imperātīvus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [imperaˈtivo]

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• Rhymes: -ivo
• Hyphenation: im‧pe‧ra‧ti‧vo

Noun

imperativo (uncountable, accusative imperativon)

1. (grammar) imperative

Descendants

• Ido: imperativo

Italian

Etymology

Probably borrowed from Latin imperātīvus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /im.pe.raˈti.vo/
• Rhymes: -ivo
• Hyphenation: im‧pe‧ra‧tì‧vo

Adjective

imperativo (feminine imperativa, masculine plural imperativi, feminine plural imperative)

1. imperative

Derived terms

• imperativamente
• imperatività

 

Related terms

• imperare

Noun

imperativo m (plural imperativi)

1. (grammar) imperative

Derived terms

• imperativale (“imperatival”, adjective)

Further reading

• imperativo in Collins Italian-English Dictionary
• imperativo in Aldo Gabrielli, Grandi Dizionario Italiano (Hoepli)
• imperativo in garzantilinguistica.it – Garzanti Linguistica, De Agostini Scuola Spa
• imperativo in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication
• imperativo in sapere.it – De Agostini Editore
• imperativo in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Anagrams

• impoverita

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /im.pe.raːˈtiː.u̯oː/, [ɪmpɛräːˈt̪iːu̯oː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /im.pe.raˈti.vo/, [imperäˈt̪iːvo]

Adjective

imperātīvō

1. dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of imperātīvus

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin imperātīvus.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ĩ.pe.ɾaˈt͡ʃi.vu/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ĩ.pe.ɾaˈt͡ʃi.vu/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ĩ.pe.ɾaˈt͡ʃi.vo/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ĩ.pɨ.ɾɐˈti.vu/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ĩ.pɨ.ɾɐˈti.vu/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ĩ.pɨ.ɾɐˈti.bu/ [ĩ.pɨ.ɾɐˈti.βu]

• Hyphenation: im‧pe‧ra‧ti‧vo

Adjective

imperativo (feminine imperativa, masculine plural imperativos, feminine plural imperativas)

1. imperative (expressing a command)

Related terms

• imperador
• imperar

 

Noun

imperativo m (plural imperativos)

1. (grammar) imperative mood
2. order; command

Further reading

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

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin imperātīvus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /impeɾaˈtibo/ [ĩm.pe.ɾaˈt̪i.β̞o]
• Rhymes: -ibo
• Syllabification: im‧pe‧ra‧ti‧vo

Adjective

imperativo (feminine imperativa, masculine plural imperativos, feminine plural imperativas)

1. imperative

Derived terms

• modo imperativo

 

Noun

imperativo m (plural imperativos)

1. imperative (necessity)
2. (grammar) imperative

   Hyponyms: imperativo categórico, imperativo lexicalizado, imperativo retrospectivo

Related terms

• imperar

 

Further reading

• “imperativo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy, 2023 November 28