perspectiva

Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Northern, Central) [pərs.pəkˈti.βə]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [pərs.pəkˈti.və]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [peɾs.pekˈti.va]
• IPA^(key): (Northwestern) [pers.pekˈti.βa]

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Noun

perspectiva f (plural perspectives)

1. perspective

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• perspetiva (Portugal)

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /peʁs.pekˈt͡ʃi.vɐ/ [pehs.pekˈt͡ʃi.vɐ], /peʁs.pe.kiˈt͡ʃi.vɐ/ [pehs.pe.kiˈt͡ʃi.vɐ]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /peʁs.pekˈt͡ʃi.vɐ/ [pehs.pekˈt͡ʃi.vɐ], /peʁs.pe.kiˈt͡ʃi.vɐ/ [pehs.pe.kiˈt͡ʃi.vɐ]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /peɾs.pekˈt͡ʃi.vɐ/, /peɾs.pe.kiˈt͡ʃi.vɐ/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /peʁʃ.pekˈt͡ʃi.vɐ/ [peχʃ.pekˈt͡ʃi.vɐ], /peʁʃ.pe.kiˈt͡ʃi.vɐ/ [peχʃ.pe.kiˈt͡ʃi.vɐ]
  • (Caipira) IPA^(key): /peɻs.pekˈt͡ʃi.vɐ/, /peɻs.pe.kiˈt͡ʃi.vɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /peʁs.pekˈt͡ʃi.va/ [pehs.pekˈt͡ʃi.va]

• Hyphenation: pers‧pec‧ti‧va

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Medieval Latin perspectīva (“science of optics”).

Noun

perspectiva f (plural perspectivas) (Brazilian Portuguese spelling)

1. perspective (view, vista or outlook)

   Synonyms: paisagem, panorama, vista

2. (optics) perspective (appearance of depth in objects)

   Synonym: tridimensionalidade

3. perspective (technique of representing three-dimensional objects on a two-dimensional surface)
4. perspective; point of view

   Synonym: ponto de vista

5. prospect; anticipation; expectation

   Synonyms: antecipação, expectativa

   • 1914, David Lloyd George, A Guerra Europea, Harrison and Sons, page 2:

     Não ha homem que com maior reluctancia e maior repugnancia tenha encarado como eu [...] a perspectiva de se ver envolvido em uma grande guerra.

     There is no man in this room who has always regarded the prospect of engaging in a great war with greater reluctance and with greater repugnance that I have done [...].

Derived terms

• em perspectiva

Related terms

• perspectivação
• perspectivar
• perspectívico
• perspectivismo
• perspectivista
• perspectivo
• perspectografia

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Adjective

perspectiva

1. feminine singular of perspectivo

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

perspectiva

1. inflection of perspectivar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

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

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /peɾspeɡˈtiba/ [peɾs.peɣ̞ˈt̪i.β̞a]
• Rhymes: -iba
• Syllabification: pers‧pec‧ti‧va

Noun

perspectiva f (plural perspectivas)

1. perspective
2. prospect

   Synonym: porvenir

Derived terms

• en perspectiva
• perspectiva linear

Noun

perspectiva f (plural perspectivas)

1. female equivalent of perspectivo

Further reading

• “perspectivo”, 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