inquisitivo

Italian

Etymology

From Latin inquīsītīvus.

Adjective

inquisitivo (feminine inquisitiva, masculine plural inquisitivi, feminine plural inquisitive)

1. enquiring

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin inquīsītīvus.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ĩ.ki.ziˈt͡ʃi.vu/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ĩ.ki.ziˈt͡ʃi.vu/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ĩ.ki.ziˈt͡ʃi.vo/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ĩ.ki.ziˈti.vu/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ĩ.ki.ziˈti.vu/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ĩ.ki.ziˈti.bu/ [ĩ.ki.ziˈti.βu]

• Hyphenation: in‧qui‧si‧ti‧vo

Adjective

inquisitivo (feminine inquisitiva, masculine plural inquisitivos, feminine plural inquisitivas)

1. inquisitive (eager to acquire knowledge)
2. inquisitive (too curious)

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin inquīsītīvus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /inkisiˈtibo/ [ĩŋ.ki.siˈt̪i.β̞o]
• Rhymes: -ibo
• Syllabification: in‧qui‧si‧ti‧vo

Adjective

inquisitivo (feminine inquisitiva, masculine plural inquisitivos, feminine plural inquisitivas)

1. inquisitive

   Synonym: curioso

2. investigative

   Synonym: investigativo

Related terms

• inquirir
• inquisición
• inquisidor
• inquisitorio

 

Further reading

• “inquisitivo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014