subjuntivo

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• subjunctivo (obsolete)

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin subiunctīvus (“serving to join, connecting; of the subjunctive mode”), from subiungō (“to add, to join, to subjoin”), from sub- (“under”) + iungō (“to join”).

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /su.bi.ʒũˈt͡ʃi.vu/, /sub.ʒũˈt͡ʃi.vu/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /su.bi.ʒũˈt͡ʃi.vu/, /sub.ʒũˈt͡ʃi.vu/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /sub.ʒũˈt͡ʃi.vo/, /su.bi.ʒũˈt͡ʃi.vo/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /su.bʒũˈti.vu/ [su.βʒũˈti.vu]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /su.bʒũˈti.vu/ [su.βʒũˈti.vu]
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /su.bʒũˈti.bu/ [su.βʒũˈti.βu]

• Hyphenation: sub‧jun‧ti‧vo

Noun

subjuntivo m (plural subjuntivos) (Brazil)

1. (uncountable, grammar) subjunctive (subjunctive mood)

   Synonyms: (Portugal) conjuntivo, modo conjuntivo, (Brazil) modo subjuntivo

2. a verb form in the subjunctive mood

   Synonym: (Portugal) conjuntivo

Usage notes

(modo) subjuntivo is preferred by the Nomenclatura Gramatical Brasileira; European Portuguese grammars tend to use the term (modo) conjuntivo instead.

Coordinate terms

• gerúndio, imperativo, indicativo, infinitivo, particípio

Derived terms

• modo subjuntivo, futuro do subjuntivo, presente do subjuntivo, pretérito imperfeito do subjuntivo

Adjective

subjuntivo (feminine subjuntiva, masculine plural subjuntivos, feminine plural subjuntivas, not comparable) (Brazil)

1. (grammar, of a verb form) subjunctive (inflected in the subjunctive mood)

Further reading

• “subjuntivo”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin subiunctīvus (“serving to join, connecting; of the subjunctive mode”), from subiungō (“to add, to join, to subjoin”), from sub- (“under”) + iungō (“to join”).

Adjective

subjuntivo (feminine subjuntiva, masculine plural subjuntivos, feminine plural subjuntivas)

1. subjunctive

Derived terms

• modo subjuntivo

Noun

subjuntivo m (plural subjuntivos)

1. subjunctive mood

Derived terms

• futuro de subjuntivo
• imperfecto de subjuntivo
• presente de subjuntivo

Further reading

• “subjuntivo”, 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