cultivo

See also: cultivó

Catalan

Verb

cultivo

1. first-person singular present indicative of cultivar

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /kuwˈt͡ʃi.vu/ [kuʊ̯ˈt͡ʃi.vu]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /kuwˈt͡ʃi.vu/ [kuʊ̯ˈt͡ʃi.vu]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /kuwˈt͡ʃi.vo/ [kuʊ̯ˈt͡ʃi.vo]

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /kulˈti.vu/ [kuɫˈti.vu]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /kulˈti.vu/ [kuɫˈti.vu]
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /kulˈti.bu/ [kuɫˈti.βu]

Etymology 1

Deverbal from cultivar (“to cultivate”).

Noun

cultivo m (plural cultivos)

1. (agriculture) cultivation; culture (the practice of growing plants)

   Synonyms: cultura, plantação

Etymology 2

Verb

cultivo

1. first-person singular present indicative of cultivar

Further reading

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

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kulˈtibo/ [kul̪ˈt̪i.β̞o]
• Rhymes: -ibo
• Syllabification: cul‧ti‧vo

Etymology 1

From culto +‎ -ivo.

Noun

cultivo m (plural cultivos)

1. crop
2. growing, cultivation
3. culture (of bacteria)

Derived terms

• caldo de cultivo
• cultivo de cobertura
• hemocultivo
• monocultivo
• rotación de cultivos
• urocultivo

Etymology 2

Verb

cultivo

1. first-person singular present indicative of cultivar

Further reading

• “cultivo”, 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