antidepressivo

Italian

Etymology

From anti- +‎ depressivo.

Adjective

antidepressivo (feminine antidepressiva, masculine plural antidepressivi, feminine plural antidepressive)

1. antidepressant

Noun

antidepressivo m (plural antidepressivi)

1. (pharmacology) antidepressant

Portuguese

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *h₂ent-

Proto-Indo-European *-s

Proto-Indo-European *h₂énts

Proto-Indo-European *-i

Proto-Indo-European *h₂énti

Ancient Greek ᾰ̓ντῐ́ (ăntĭ́)

Ancient Greek ἀντι- (anti-)der.

Portuguese anti-

Portuguese depressivo

Portuguese antidepressivo

From anti- + depressivo.

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˌɐ̃.t͡ʃi.de.pɾeˈsi.vu/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˌɐ̃.ti.dɨ.pɾɨˈsi.vu/ [ˌɐ̃.ti.ðɨ.pɾɨˈsi.vu]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˌɐ̃.ti.dɨ.pɾɨˈsi.vu/ [ˌɐ̃.ti.ðɨ.pɾɨˈsi.vu]
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˌɐ̃.ti.dɨ.pɾɨˈsi.bu/ [ˌɐ̃.ti.ðɨ.pɾɨˈsi.βu]
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˌɐ̃.ti.dɨ.pɾɨˈsi.vu/

Noun

antidepressivo m (plural antidepressivos)

1. antidepressant (agent that prevents or counteracts depression)

Further reading

• “antidepressivo”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “antidepressivo”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026