contraceptivo

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• contracetivo (Portugal)

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *ḱe?

Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm

Proto-Italic *kom

Proto-Italic *kom-

Proto-Indo-European *-teros

Proto-Italic *-teros

Proto-Italic *komterosder.

Proto-Italic *komterād

Latin contrābor.

English contra-

English conceptive

English contraceptivebor.

Portuguese contraceptivo

Borrowed from English contraceptive.

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /kõ.tɾa.se.piˈt͡ʃi.vu/, /kõ.tɾa.sepˈt͡ʃi.vu/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /kõ.tɾɐ.sɨpˈti.vu/

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

• Hyphenation: con‧tra‧cep‧ti‧vo

Adjective

contraceptivo (feminine contraceptiva, masculine plural contraceptivos, feminine plural contraceptivas, not comparable) (Brazilian Portuguese spelling, superseded in European Portuguese)

1. contraceptive

   Synonym: anticoncepcional

Noun

contraceptivo m (plural contraceptivos) (Brazilian Portuguese spelling, superseded in European Portuguese)

1. contraceptive

   Synonym: anticoncepcional

Further reading

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

Spanish

Adjective

contraceptivo (feminine contraceptiva, masculine plural contraceptivos, feminine plural contraceptivas)

1. contraceptive

Noun

contraceptivo m (plural contraceptivos)

1. contraceptive

   Synonyms: anticonceptivo, contraconceptivo, anticoncepcional

Further reading

• “contraceptivo”, 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