correctivo

Portuguese

Adjective

correctivo (feminine correctiva, masculine plural correctivos, feminine plural correctivas)

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

Noun

correctivo m (plural correctivos)

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

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin correctivus, from correctus.

Adjective

correctivo (feminine correctiva, masculine plural correctivos, feminine plural correctivas)

1. corrective

Derived terms

• violación correctiva

 

Related terms

• correcto

 

Noun

correctivo m (plural correctivos)

1. corrective, punishment

Further reading

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