paliativo

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• palliativo (obsolete)

Etymology

From paliar (“to palliate”) +‎ -tivo (“-ive”), from Medieval Latin palliāre (“to cloak”), from Latin pallium (“a cloak”).

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /pa.li.aˈt͡ʃi.vu/ [pa.lɪ.aˈt͡ʃi.vu], (faster pronunciation) /pa.ljaˈt͡ʃi.vu/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /pa.li.aˈt͡ʃi.vu/ [pa.lɪ.aˈt͡ʃi.vu], (faster pronunciation) /pa.ljaˈt͡ʃi.vu/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /pa.li.aˈt͡ʃi.vo/ [pa.lɪ.aˈt͡ʃi.vo], (faster pronunciation) /pa.ljaˈt͡ʃi.vo/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /pɐ.ljɐˈti.vu/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /pɐ.ljɐˈti.vu/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /pɐ.ljɐˈti.bu/ [pɐ.ljɐˈti.βu]

• Rhymes: -ivu
• Hyphenation: pa‧li‧a‧ti‧vo

Adjective

paliativo (feminine paliativa, masculine plural paliativos, feminine plural paliativas)

1. (medicine) palliative (reducing progression and relieving symptoms)

Noun

paliativo m (plural paliativos)

1. (medicine) a palliative medicine
2. (figuratively) anything figuratively functioning like palliatives

Further reading

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

Spanish

Etymology

From paliar (“to palliate”) +‎ -t- (“-ive”) +‎ -ivo, from Medieval Latin palliāre (“to cloak”), from Latin pallium (“a cloak”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /paljaˈtibo/ [pa.ljaˈt̪i.β̞o]
• Rhymes: -ibo
• Syllabification: pa‧lia‧ti‧vo

Adjective

paliativo (feminine paliativa, masculine plural paliativos, feminine plural paliativas)

1. (medicine) palliative

Derived terms

• cuidados paliativos

 

Noun

paliativo m (plural paliativos)

1. (medicine) palliative

Further reading

• “paliativo”, 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