retroactivo

Portuguese

Adjective

retroactivo (feminine retroactiva, masculine plural retroactivos, feminine plural retroactivas)

1. Pre-reform spelling (used until 1943 in Brazil and 1990 in Portugal) of retroativo. Still used in countries where the agreement hasn't come into effect; may occur as a sporadic misspelling.

Spanish

Etymology

From retro- +‎ activo.

Adjective

retroactivo (feminine retroactiva, masculine plural retroactivos, feminine plural retroactivas)

1. retroactive

Derived terms

• retroactivamente
• retroactividad

Further reading

• “retroactivo”, 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