defensiva

Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [də.fənˈsi.βə]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [də.fənˈsi.və]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [de.fenˈsi.va]

Adjective

defensiva

1. feminine singular of defensiu

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Latin

Pronunciation

• dēfēnsīva: (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /deː.fenˈsiː.u̯a/, [d̪eːfẽːˈs̠iːu̯ä]
• dēfēnsīva: (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /de.fenˈsi.va/, [d̪efenˈsiːvä]
• dēfēnsīvā: (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /deː.fenˈsiː.u̯aː/, [d̪eːfẽːˈs̠iːu̯äː]
• dēfēnsīvā: (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /de.fenˈsi.va/, [d̪efenˈsiːvä]

Adjective

(deprecated template usage) dēfēnsīva

1. inflection of dēfēnsīvus:
   1. nominative/vocative feminine singular
   2. nominative/accusative/vocative neuter plural

Adjective

(deprecated template usage) dēfēnsīvā

1. ablative feminine singular of dēfēnsīvus

References

• defensiva in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)

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Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˌde.fẽˈsi.vɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˌde.fẽˈsi.vɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˌde.fẽˈsi.va/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /dɨ.fẽˈsi.vɐ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /dɨ.fẽˈsi.vɐ/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /dɨ.fẽˈsi.bɐ/ [dɨ.fẽˈsi.βɐ]

• Hyphenation: de‧fen‧si‧va

Etymology 1

From defensivo, as a calque of French défensive, a feminine substantive form of défensif.

Noun

defensiva f (uncountable)

1. (usually as ficar na defensiva) defensive (a means, attitude or position of defence)

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Adjective

defensiva

1. feminine singular of defensivo

Further reading

• “defensiva”, in iDicionário Aulete (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2024
• “defensiva”, in Dicionário inFormal (in Portuguese), 2006–2024
• “defensiva” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
• “defensiva”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024
• “defensiva”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2024
• “defensiva”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024

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Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /defenˈsiba/ [d̪e.fẽnˈsi.β̞a]

Etymology 1

From defensivo.

Noun

defensiva f (plural defensivas)

1. defensive

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Adjective

defensiva

1. feminine singular of defensivo

Further reading

• “defensiva”, in Diccionario de la lengua española (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy, 2023 November 28