digestivo

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian digestivo. Doublet of digestif and digestive.

Noun

digestivo (plural digestivos or digestivi)

1. A digestif.

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin dīgestīvus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /di.d͡ʒesˈti.vo/
• Rhymes: -ivo
• Hyphenation: di‧ge‧stì‧vo

Adjective

digestivo (feminine digestiva, masculine plural digestivi, feminine plural digestive)

1. digestive

Noun

digestivo m (plural digestivi)

1. digestive
2. after dinner drink

Related terms

• digerire
• digestione

Further reading

• digestivo in Collins Italian-English Dictionary
• digestivo in Aldo Gabrielli, Grandi Dizionario Italiano (Hoepli)
• digestivo in garzantilinguistica.it – Garzanti Linguistica, De Agostini Scuola Spa
• digestìvo in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication
• digestivo in sapere.it – De Agostini Editore
• digestivo in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [diː.ɡɛsˈtiː.woː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [di.d͡ʒesˈtiː.vo]

Adjective

dīgestīvō

1. dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of dīgestīvus

Portuguese

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁

Proto-Indo-European *d(w)is-

Proto-Italic *dis-

Latin dis-

Proto-Indo-European *h₂eǵ-

Proto-Italic *gezō

Latin gerere

Latin dīgerō

Latin dīgestus

Proto-Indo-European *-wós

Proto-Indo-European *-iHwósder.

Latin -īvus

Late Latin dīgestīvuslbor.

Portuguese digestivo

Learned borrowing from Late Latin dīgestīvus.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /d͡ʒi.ʒesˈt͡ʃi.vu/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /d͡ʒi.ʒesˈt͡ʃi.vu/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /d͡ʒi.ʒeʃˈt͡ʃi.vu/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /d͡ʒi.ʒesˈt͡ʃi.vo/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /di.ʒɨʃˈti.vu/

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

• Rhymes: -ivu
• Hyphenation: di‧ges‧ti‧vo

Adjective

digestivo (feminine digestiva, masculine plural digestivos, feminine plural digestivas)

1. digestive

Noun

digestivo m (plural digestivos)

1. digestive

Further reading

• “digestivo”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “digestivo”, in Dicionário inFormal (in Portuguese), 2006–2026
• “digestivo” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
• “digestivo”, in Dicionário Infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2026
• “digestivo”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2026, →ISBN
• “digestivo”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Spanish

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁

Proto-Indo-European *d(w)is-

Proto-Italic *dis-

Latin dis-

Proto-Indo-European *h₂eǵ-

Proto-Italic *gezō

Latin gerere

Latin dīgerō

Latin dīgestus

Proto-Indo-European *-wós

Proto-Indo-European *-iHwósder.

Latin -īvus

Late Latin dīgestīvusbor.

Spanish digestivo

Borrowed from Late Latin dīgestīvus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dixesˈtibo/ [d̪i.xesˈt̪i.β̞o]
• Rhymes: -ibo
• Syllabification: di‧ges‧ti‧vo

Adjective

digestivo (feminine digestiva, masculine plural digestivos, feminine plural digestivas)

1. digestive

Derived terms

• pasaje digestivo
• sistema digestivo m (“digestive system”)

Noun

digestivo m (plural digestivos)

1. digestive

Related terms

• digerir

Further reading

• “digestivo”, 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