invectiva

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin invectīva (ōrātiō) "(speech) brought in [against someone or something]", from invectus (“brought in, carried in”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [im.bəkˈti.βə]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [iɱ.vəkˈti.və]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [iɱ.vekˈti.va]

Noun

invectiva f (plural invectives)

1. invective, tirade, diatribe

   Synonym: diatriba

Further reading

• “invectiva” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

French

Pronunciation

• Homophones: invectivas, invectivât

Verb

invectiva

1. third-person singular past historic of invectiver

Portuguese

Etymology 1

Noun

invectiva f (plural invectivas)

1. offense, verbal aggression

   Synonyms: ofensa, injúria

Etymology 2

Verb

invectiva

1. inflection of invectivar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French invectiver.

Verb

a invectiva (third-person singular present invectivează, past participle invectivat) 1st conjugation

1. to insult

Conjugation

    conjugation of invectiva (first conjugation, -ez- infix)

infinitive			a invectiva
gerund			invectivând
past participle			invectivat
number		singular			plural
person		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
indicative		eu	tu	el/ea	noi	voi	ei/ele
	present	invectivez	invectivezi	invectivează	invectivăm	invectivați	invectivează
	imperfect	invectivam	invectivai	invectiva	invectivam	invectivați	invectivau
	simple perfect	invectivai	invectivași	invectivă	invectivarăm	invectivarăți	invectivară
	pluperfect	invectivasem	invectivaseși	invectivase	invectivaserăm	invectivaserăți	invectivaseră
subjunctive		eu	tu	el/ea	noi	voi	ei/ele
	present	să invectivez	să invectivezi	să invectiveze	să invectivăm	să invectivați	să invectiveze
imperative		—	tu	—	—	voi	—
	affirmative		invectivează			invectivați
	negative		nu invectiva			nu invectivați

Spanish

Adjective

invectiva m or f (masculine and feminine plural invectivas)

1. invective (insulting, abusive, or highly critical language)

Further reading

• “invectiva”, 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