retrospectivo

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• retrospetivo (Portugal)

Etymology

From Latin retrōspectus +‎ -ivo.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˌʁɛ.tɾo.spekˈt͡ʃi.vu/ [ˌhɛ.tɾo.spekˈt͡ʃi.vu], /ˌʁɛ.tɾo.spe.kiˈt͡ʃi.vu/ [ˌhɛ.tɾo.spe.kiˈt͡ʃi.vu]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˌʁɛ.tɾo.spekˈt͡ʃi.vu/ [ˌhɛ.tɾo.spekˈt͡ʃi.vu], /ˌʁɛ.tɾo.spe.kiˈt͡ʃi.vu/ [ˌhɛ.tɾo.spe.kiˈt͡ʃi.vu]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ˌʁɛ.tɾo.ʃpekˈt͡ʃi.vu/ [ˌχɛ.tɾo.ʃpekˈt͡ʃi.vu], /ˌʁɛ.tɾo.ʃpe.kiˈt͡ʃi.vu/ [ˌχɛ.tɾo.ʃpe.kiˈt͡ʃi.vu]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˌʁɛ.tɾo.spekˈt͡ʃi.vo/ [ˌhɛ.tɾo.spekˈt͡ʃi.vo]

• Rhymes: -ivu
• Hyphenation: re‧tros‧pec‧ti‧vo

Adjective

retrospectivo (feminine retrospectiva, masculine plural retrospectivos, feminine plural retrospectivas) (Brazilian Portuguese spelling, superseded in European Portuguese)

1. retrospective (examining or contemplating the past)

Further reading

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

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin retrōspectus +‎ -ivo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /retɾospeɡˈtibo/ [re.t̪ɾos.peɣ̞ˈt̪i.β̞o]
• Rhymes: -ibo
• Syllabification: re‧tros‧pec‧ti‧vo

Adjective

retrospectivo (feminine retrospectiva, masculine plural retrospectivos, feminine plural retrospectivas)

1. retrospective

Derived terms

• imperativo retrospectivo

 

Further reading

• “retrospectivo”, 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