reflexo

Galician

Verb

reflexo

1. first-person singular present indicative of reflexar

Latin

Participle

reflexō

1. dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of reflexus

Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin reflexus, past participle of reflectō (“to bend back; to reflect”).

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʁeˈflɛk.su/ [heˈflɛk.su]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʁeˈflɛk.su/ [heˈflɛk.su]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ʁeˈflɛk.su/ [χeˈflɛk.su]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʁeˈflɛk.so/ [heˈflɛk.so]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ʁɨˈflɛ.ksu/

• Hyphenation: re‧fle‧xo

Noun

reflexo m (plural reflexos)

1. reflex (automatic response)
2. (optics) reflection (something, such as an image, that is reflected)

   Synonym: reflexão

3. quality or condition inherited or resulting from a previous quality or condition

Adjective

reflexo (feminine reflexa, masculine plural reflexos, feminine plural reflexas)

1. reflex (produced automatically by a stimulus)
2. (optics) reflected

   Synonym: refletido

3. which is result of a previous quality or condition
4. (grammar) reflexive

Derived terms

• reflexo condicionado
• reflexo de sucção
• reflexodiagnóstico
• reflexo gastrocólico
• reflexologia
• reflexo oculocardíaco
• reflexo patelar
• reflexo plantar
• reflexo prensar
• reflexo tendinoso
• reflexoterapia

Related terms

• refletido
• refletir
• refletividade
• refletivo
• refletor
• reflexão
• reflexibilidade
• reflexifloro
• reflexionar
• reflexivamente
• reflexível
• reflexividade
• reflexivo
• reflexógeno

Spanish

Verb

reflexo

1. first-person singular present indicative of reflexar