afectivo

Portuguese

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ivu
• Hyphenation: a‧fec‧ti‧vo

Adjective

afectivo (feminine afectiva, masculine plural afectivos, feminine plural afectivas)

1. Pre-reform spelling (until Brazil 1943/Portugal 1990) of afetivo. Still used in countries where the agreement hasn't come into effect; may occur as a sporadic misspelling.

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin affectīvus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /afeɡˈtibo/ [a.feɣ̞ˈt̪i.β̞o]
• Rhymes: -ibo
• Syllabification: a‧fec‧ti‧vo

Adjective

afectivo (feminine afectiva, masculine plural afectivos, feminine plural afectivas)

1. affective
2. emotional

Derived terms

• afectivamente

 

Related terms

• afectar
• afectividad

 

Further reading

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