objetivo

Portuguese

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /o.bi.ʒeˈt͡ʃi.vu/, /ob.ʒeˈt͡ʃi.vu/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɔb.ʒɛˈti.vu/ [ɔβ.ʒɛˈti.vu]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɔb.ʒɛˈti.vu/ [ɔβ.ʒɛˈti.vu]
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɔb.ʒɛˈti.bu/ [ɔβ.ʒɛˈti.βu]
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɔb.ʒɛˈti.vu/

• Hyphenation: ob‧je‧ti‧vo

Etymology 1

Learned borrowing from Latin objectīvus.

Alternative forms

• objectivo (pre-1990 spelling)

Adjective

objetivo (feminine objetiva, masculine plural objetivos, feminine plural objetivas)

1. objective

   Antonym: subjetivo

2. unbiased

   Synonym: equânime

Quotations

• For quotations using this term, see Citations:objetivo.

Derived terms

• objetivamente

Noun

objetivo m (plural objetivos)

1. objective
2. aim; goal

Quotations

• For quotations using this term, see Citations:objetivo.

Etymology 2

Verb

objetivo

1. first-person singular present indicative of objetivar

Further reading

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

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /obxeˈtibo/ [oβ̞.xeˈt̪i.β̞o]
• Rhymes: -ibo
• Syllabification: ob‧je‧ti‧vo

Etymology 1

From Latin objectīvus.

Adjective

objetivo (feminine objetiva, masculine plural objetivos, feminine plural objetivas)

1. objective

   Antonym: subjetivo

Derived terms

• objetivamente
• objetividad
• objetivismo

Related terms

• objeción
• objetar
• objeto

Noun

objetivo m (plural objetivos)

1. objective
3. aim, goal, target

   Synonyms: objeto, destinación

   • 2026 June 12, Bernard Condon, “Acciones de SpaceX se disparan en debut en Wall Street y convierten a Elon Musk en el 1er billonario”, in AP News‎^[1], archived from the original on 12 June 2026:

     El magnate reiteró sus ambiciosos objetivos “de hacer que la vida sea multiplanetaria”.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

objetivo

1. first-person singular present indicative of objetivar

Further reading

• “objetivo”, 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