purgativo

Italian

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Late Latin pūrgātīvus, from pūrgāre.

Pronunciation

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

Adjective

purgativo (feminine purgativa, masculine plural purgativi, feminine plural purgative)

1. (medicine) purgative

Noun

purgativo m (plural purgativi)

1. (pharmacology) purgative

   Synonym: purgante

Related terms

• purgare

Further reading

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

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /puːr.ɡaːˈtiː.u̯oː/, [puːrɡäːˈt̪iːu̯oː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /pur.ɡaˈti.vo/, [purɡäˈt̪iːvo]

Adjective

pūrgātīvō

1. dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of pūrgātīvus

Portuguese

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Late Latin pūrgātīvus. By surface analysis, purgar +‎ -tivo.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /puʁ.ɡaˈt͡ʃi.vu/ [puɦ.ɡaˈt͡ʃi.vu]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /puʁ.ɡaˈt͡ʃi.vu/ [puɦ.ɡaˈt͡ʃi.vu]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /puɾ.ɡaˈt͡ʃi.vu/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /puʁ.ɡaˈt͡ʃi.vu/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /puɻ.ɡaˈt͡ʃi.vo/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /puɾ.ɡɐˈti.vu/ [puɾ.ɣɐˈti.vu]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /puɾ.ɡɐˈti.vu/ [puɾ.ɣɐˈti.vu]
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /puɾ.ɡɐˈti.bu/ [puɾ.ɣɐˈti.βu]

• Rhymes: -ivu
• Hyphenation: pur‧ga‧ti‧vo

Adjective

purgativo (feminine purgativa, masculine plural purgativos, feminine plural purgativas)

1. Synonym of purgante

Noun

purgativo m (plural purgativos)

1. (pharmacology) Synonym of laxante

Further reading

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

Spanish

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Late Latin pūrgātīvus, from pūrgāre.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /puɾɡaˈtibo/ [puɾ.ɣ̞aˈt̪i.β̞o]
• Rhymes: -ibo
• Syllabification: pur‧ga‧ti‧vo

Adjective

purgativo (feminine purgativa, masculine plural purgativos, feminine plural purgativas)

1. purgative

Further reading

• “purgativo”, 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