aggressive

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Pronunciation 1.3 Adjective 1.3.1 Translations 1.3.2 Related terms 2 Italian 2.1 Adjective

[edit] English

[edit] Etymology

Compare with French agressif.

[edit] Pronunciation

IPA: WEAE /ʌˈgɹɛs.ɪv/

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[edit] Adjective

aggressive (comparative more aggressive, superlative most aggressive)

1. Tending or disposed to aggress; characterized by aggression; making assaults; unjustly attacking.

   an aggressive policy, war, person, nation

[edit] Translations

Afrikaans: aggressief Albanian: agresiv Arabic: عدواني Bosnian: nasrtljiv Bulgarian: нападателен (napadatelen) Chinese: Simplified Chinese: 忮, 进取 Traditional Chinese: 忮, 進取 Pinyin: zhì, jinqu Croatian: agresivan Czech: útočný m., agresivní Danish: aggressiv Dutch: agressief Esperanto: agresa Estonian: kallaletungiv Finnish: hyökkäävä French: agressif m., agressive f. Georgian: აგრესიული (agresiuli) German: aggressiv Greek: επιθετικός (epithetikós) f., επιθετική f., επιθετικό n. Hebrew: מתגרה Hindi: shuddhata, yatharthata Hungarian: agresszív Indonesian: agresif Irish: ionsaitheach Italian: aggressivo m., aggressiva f.

Japanese: 積極的 (せっきょく てき, sekkyoku teki); 侵略的な (shinryakuteki na); 攻撃的な (kōgekiteki na) Korean: 호전 (ho-jŏn) Latin: aggressivus m., aggressiva f., aggressivum n. Latvian: agresīvs Maltese: aggressiv m., aggressiva f. Mongolian: тvрэмгий (tvrėmgij) Norwegian: aggressiv Papiamentu: agresivo Persian: ﻭﺠﻩﻁﻠﺴ Polish: agresywny Portuguese: agressivo Romanian: agresiv Russian: нападающий (napadájuščij) Serbian: Cyrillic: агресиван Roman: agresivan Slovak: agresívny Slovene: nasilen Spanish: agresivo m., agresiva f. Swedish: aggressiv Tagalog: mabalagsik Thai: ก้าวร้าว (gâao ráao) Turkish: saldırgan Ukrainian: агресивний (agresývnyj) Vietnamese: xâm lược Welsh: gormesol

[edit] Related terms

• aggressively
• aggressiveness
• aggressor
• passive aggressive

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[edit] Italian

[edit] Adjective

aggressive f.

1. Feminine plural form of aggressivo