reflexivo

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /re.flekˈsiː.u̯oː/, [rɛfɫ̪ɛkˈs̠iːu̯oː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /re.flekˈsi.vo/, [refleɡˈziːvo]

Adjective

reflexīvō

1. dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of reflexīvus

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʁe.flekˈsi.vu/ [he.flekˈsi.vu]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʁe.flekˈsi.vu/ [he.flekˈsi.vu]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ʁe.flekˈsi.vu/ [χe.flekˈsi.vu]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʁe.flekˈsi.vo/ [he.flekˈsi.vo]

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ʁɨ.flɛˈksi.vu/

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

• Hyphenation: re‧fle‧xi‧vo

Adjective

reflexivo (feminine reflexiva, masculine plural reflexivos, feminine plural reflexivas)

1. who reflects (thinks seriously about something)
2. (grammar) reflexive (referring back to the subject)

Related terms

• refletir
• refletivo
• reflexo

 

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /refleɡˈsibo/ [re.fleɣ̞ˈsi.β̞o]
• Rhymes: -ibo
• Syllabification: re‧fle‧xi‧vo

Adjective

reflexivo (feminine reflexiva, masculine plural reflexivos, feminine plural reflexivas)

1. (grammar) reflexive

Derived terms

• pronombre reflexivo
• reflexivamente
• reflexividad
• verbo reflexivo

 

Further reading

• “reflexivo”, 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