taxativo

Portuguese

Etymology

From taxar +‎ -tivo.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ta.ʃaˈt͡ʃi.vu/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ta.ʃaˈt͡ʃi.vu/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ta.ʃaˈt͡ʃi.vo/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /tɐ.ʃɐˈti.vu/

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

• Rhymes: -ivu
• Hyphenation: ta‧xa‧ti‧vo

Adjective

taxativo (feminine taxativa, masculine plural taxativos, feminine plural taxativas)

1. categorical, absolute (having no exception)

   Synonym: categórico

Related terms

• taxa

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin taxātus, perfect passive participle of taxō (“to tax, to censor”), + -ivo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /taɡsaˈtibo/ [t̪aɣ̞.saˈt̪i.β̞o]
• Rhymes: -ibo
• Syllabification: ta‧xa‧ti‧vo

Adjective

taxativo (feminine taxativa, masculine plural taxativos, feminine plural taxativas)

1. (law) limited, restrictive
2. categorical, absolute (not open to discussion)

Further reading

• “taxativo”, 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