potestativo

Italian

Etymology

From Latin potestativus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /po.tes.taˈti.vo/
• Rhymes: -ivo
• Hyphenation: po‧te‧sta‧tì‧vo

Adjective

potestativo (feminine potestativa, masculine plural potestativi, feminine plural potestative)

1. potestative, authoritative

Related terms

• potestà

Further reading

• potestativo in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin potestativus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /potestaˈtibo/ [po.t̪es.t̪aˈt̪i.β̞o]
• Rhymes: -ibo
• Syllabification: po‧tes‧ta‧ti‧vo

Adjective

potestativo (feminine potestativa, masculine plural potestativos, feminine plural potestativas)

1. potestative

Related terms

• potestad

Further reading

• “potestativo”, 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