depreciativo

Portuguese

Etymology

From depreciar +‎ -tivo.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /de.pɾe.si.aˈt͡ʃi.vu/ [de.pɾe.sɪ.aˈt͡ʃi.vu], (faster pronunciation) /de.pɾe.sjaˈt͡ʃi.vu/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /de.pɾe.si.aˈt͡ʃi.vu/ [de.pɾe.sɪ.aˈt͡ʃi.vu], (faster pronunciation) /de.pɾe.sjaˈt͡ʃi.vu/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /de.pɾe.si.aˈt͡ʃi.vo/ [de.pɾe.sɪ.aˈt͡ʃi.vo], (faster pronunciation) /de.pɾe.sjaˈt͡ʃi.vo/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /dɨ.pɾɨ.sjɐˈti.vu/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /dɨ.pɾɨ.sjɐˈti.vu/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /dɨ.pɾɨ.sjɐˈti.bu/ [dɨ.pɾɨ.sjɐˈti.βu]

• Rhymes: -ivu
• Hyphenation: de‧pre‧ci‧a‧ti‧vo

Adjective

depreciativo (feminine depreciativa, masculine plural depreciativos, feminine plural depreciativas)

1. derogatory, pejorative

   Synonyms: derrogatório, pejorativo

Further reading

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