investigativo

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /in.ve.sti.ɡaˈti.vo/
• Rhymes: -ivo
• Hyphenation: in‧ve‧sti‧ga‧tì‧vo

Adjective

investigativo (feminine investigativa, masculine plural investigativi, feminine plural investigative)

1. (relational) detective; investigative, investigating

Related terms

• investigato
• investigare

Portuguese

Etymology

From investigar +‎ -ivo.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ĩ.ves.t͡ʃi.ɡaˈt͡ʃi.vu/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ĩ.ves.t͡ʃi.ɡaˈt͡ʃi.vu/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ĩ.veʃ.t͡ʃi.ɡaˈt͡ʃi.vu/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ĩ.ves.t͡ʃi.ɡaˈt͡ʃi.vo/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ĩ.vɨʃ.ti.ɡɐˈti.vu/ [ĩ.vɨʃ.ti.ɣɐˈti.vu]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ĩ.vɨʃ.ti.ɡɐˈti.vu/ [ĩ.vɨʃ.ti.ɣɐˈti.vu]
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ĩ.bɨʃ.ti.ɡɐˈti.bu/ [ĩ.bɨʃ.ti.ɣɐˈti.βu]

• Rhymes: -ivu
• Hyphenation: in‧ves‧ti‧ga‧ti‧vo

Adjective

investigativo (feminine investigativa, masculine plural investigativos, feminine plural investigativas)

1. investigative (relating or pertaining to investigation)
2. investigative (that uses methods and techniques characteristic of police or scientific investigation)
3. (figuratively) investigative (that demonstrates detailed curiosity about the facts)

Further reading

• “investigativo”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024
• “investigativo”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /imbestiɡaˈtibo/ [ĩm.bes.t̪i.ɣ̞aˈt̪i.β̞o]
• Rhymes: -ibo
• Syllabification: in‧ves‧ti‧ga‧ti‧vo

Adjective

investigativo (feminine investigativa, masculine plural investigativos, feminine plural investigativas)

1. investigative

   Synonym: inquisitivo

Further reading

• “investigativo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28