competitivo

Galician

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *ḱe?

Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm

Proto-Italic *kom

Proto-Italic *kom-

Latin con-

Proto-Indo-European *peth₂-

Proto-Indo-European *péth₂eti

Latin petō

Latin competō, competerelbor.

Galician competir

Proto-Indo-European *-wós

Proto-Indo-European *-iHwósder.

Latin -īvuslbor.

Galician -ivo

Galician competitivo

From competir + -ivo.

Adjective

competitivo (feminine competitiva, masculine plural competitivos, feminine plural competitivas)

1. competitive

Related terms

• competencia f
• competente m or f
• competible m or f
• competición f
• competidor m
• competir
• competitividade f

Italian

Etymology

From competere +‎ -ivo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kom.pe.tiˈti.vo/
• Rhymes: -ivo
• Hyphenation: com‧pe‧ti‧tì‧vo

Adjective

competitivo (feminine competitiva, masculine plural competitivi, feminine plural competitive)

1. competitive

   Synonym: (economics) concorrenziale

Derived terms

• competitivamente
• competitività

Further reading

• competitivo in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Portuguese

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *ḱe?

Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm

Proto-Italic *kom

Proto-Italic *kom-

Latin con-

Proto-Indo-European *peth₂-

Proto-Indo-European *péth₂eti

Latin petō

Latin competerelbor.

Portuguese competir

Portuguese -tivo

Portuguese competitivo

From competir (“to compete”) + -tivo.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /kõ.pe.t͡ʃiˈt͡ʃi.vu/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /kõ.pe.t͡ʃiˈt͡ʃi.vu/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /kõ.pe.t͡ʃiˈt͡ʃi.vo/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /kõ.pɨ.tiˈti.vu/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /kõ.pɨ.tiˈti.vu/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /kõ.pɨ.tiˈti.bu/ [kõ.pɨ.tiˈti.βu]

• Rhymes: -ivu
• Hyphenation: com‧pe‧ti‧ti‧vo

Adjective

competitivo (feminine competitiva, masculine plural competitivos, feminine plural competitivas)

1. competitive (of, relating to or involving competition)
2. (of a person) competitive (inclined to compete)
3. (of a product) competitive; cheap

   Synonyms: barato, (Brazil, informal) camarada, (Brazil, euphemistic) em conta

   Antonym: caro

Related terms

• competição
• competidor
• competimento
• competir
• competitividade
• competível

Further reading

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

Spanish

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *ḱe?

Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm

Proto-Italic *kom

Proto-Italic *kom-

Latin con-

Proto-Indo-European *peth₂-

Proto-Indo-European *péth₂eti

Latin petō

Latin competerebor.

Spanish competir

Proto-Indo-European *-wós

Proto-Indo-European *-iHwósder.

Latin -īvusder.

Spanish -ivo

Spanish competitivo

From competir + -ivo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kompetiˈtibo/ [kõm.pe.t̪iˈt̪i.β̞o]
• Rhymes: -ibo
• Syllabification: com‧pe‧ti‧ti‧vo

Adjective

competitivo (feminine competitiva, masculine plural competitivos, feminine plural competitivas)

1. competitive

Derived terms

• anticompetitivo
• competitividad

Further reading

• “competitivo”, 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