atractivo

Portuguese

Noun

atractivo m (plural atractivos)

1. (European Portuguese spelling) pre-reform spelling (used until 1990) of atrativo; still used where the agreement hasn’t come into effect and may occur as a sporadic misspelling

Adjective

atractivo (feminine atractiva, masculine plural atractivos, feminine plural atractivas)

1. (European Portuguese spelling) pre-reform spelling (used until 1990) of atrativo; still used where the agreement hasn’t come into effect and may occur as a sporadic misspelling

Further reading

• “atractivo”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin attractīvus. Cognate with English attractive.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /atɾaɡˈtibo/ [a.t̪ɾaɣ̞ˈt̪i.β̞o]

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• Rhymes: -ibo
• Syllabification: a‧trac‧ti‧vo

Adjective

atractivo (feminine atractiva, masculine plural atractivos, feminine plural atractivas)

1. attractive, appealing
2. engaging

Derived terms

• atractivamente
• atractividad

Related terms

• atracción
• atraer
• atrayente

Noun

atractivo m (plural atractivos)

1. appeal, attractiveness, attraction

Further reading

• “atractivo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025