extensivo

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ɛk.stẽːˈsiː.woː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ek.stenˈsiː.vo]

Adjective

extēnsīvō

1. dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of extēnsīvus

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin extēnsīvus, from Latin extēnsus. Alternatively, borrowed from French extensif, of the same Latin origins.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /is.tẽˈsi.vu/, /es.tẽˈsi.vu/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /is.tẽˈsi.vu/, /es.tẽˈsi.vu/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /iʃ.tẽˈsi.vu/, /eʃ.tẽˈsi.vu/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /(i)ʃ.tẽˈsi.vu/, /ɐjʃ.tẽˈsi.vu/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /(i)ʃ.tẽˈsi.vu/, /ɐjʃ.tẽˈsi.vu/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /(i)ʃ.tẽˈsi.bu/ [(i)ʃ.tẽˈsi.βu], /ejʃ.tẽˈsi.bu/ [ejʃ.tẽˈsi.βu]
  • (Central Portugal) IPA^(key): /(i)ʃ.tẽˈsi.vu/, /ejʃ.tẽˈsi.vu/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /(i)ʃ.tẽˈsi.vu/, /eʃ.tẽˈsi.vu/

• Rhymes: -ivu
• Hyphenation: ex‧ten‧si‧vo

Adjective

extensivo (feminine extensiva, masculine plural extensivos, feminine plural extensivas)

1. extensive (having a large scope)

   Antonym: intensivo

Derived terms

• extensivamente

Related terms

• extender
• extensão
• extenso

Further reading

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

Spanish

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰ

Proto-Indo-European *-s

Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰs

Proto-Italic *eks

Latin ex

Latin ex-

Proto-Indo-European *ten-

Proto-Indo-European *tend-

Proto-Indo-European *-eti

Proto-Indo-European *téndeti

Proto-Italic *tendō

Latin tendō

Latin extendō

Latin extēnsus

Proto-Indo-European *-wós

Proto-Indo-European *-iHwósder.

Latin -īvus

Late Latin extēnsīvuslbor.

Spanish extensivo

Learned borrowing from Late Latin extēnsīvus, from Latin extēnsus (“stretched out; extended”) + -īvus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /eɡstenˈsibo/ [eɣ̞s.t̪ẽnˈsi.β̞o]
• Rhymes: -ibo
• Syllabification: ex‧ten‧si‧vo

Adjective

extensivo (feminine extensiva, masculine plural extensivos, feminine plural extensivas)

1. extensive
2. applicable, extensible

Derived terms

• extensivamente

Related terms

• extender
• extensión
• extenso

Further reading

• “extensivo”, 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