preventivo

See also: preventivò

Italian

Etymology

From Latin praeventus +‎ -ivo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pre.venˈti.vo/
• Rhymes: -ivo
• Hyphenation: pre‧ven‧tì‧vo

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Adjective

preventivo (feminine preventiva, masculine plural preventivi, feminine plural preventive)

1. preventive, preemptive
2. prior

Noun

preventivo m (plural preventivi)

1. an estimate, a quotation, a budget or a sales quote

Derived terms

• preventivamente

Related terms

• preventivare
• prevenire
• prevenzione

Portuguese

Etymology

Etymology tree

Latin praeventus

Proto-Indo-European *-wós

Proto-Indo-European *-iHwósder.

Latin -īvuslbor.

Portuguese -ivo

Portuguese preventivo

From Latin praeventus + Portuguese -ivo.

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /pɾe.vẽˈt͡ʃi.vu/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /pɾɨ.vẽˈti.vu/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /pɾɨ.vẽˈti.vu/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /pɾɨ.bẽˈti.bu/ [pɾɨ.βẽˈti.βu]

• Rhymes: -ivu
• Hyphenation: pre‧ven‧ti‧vo

Adjective

preventivo (feminine preventiva, masculine plural preventivos, feminine plural preventivas)

1. preventive, preemptive

Derived terms

• preventivamente

Related terms

• prevenir

Further reading

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

Spanish

Etymology

Etymology tree

Latin praeventus

Proto-Indo-European *-wós

Proto-Indo-European *-iHwósder.

Latin -īvusder.

Spanish -ivo

Spanish preventivo

From Latin praeventus + Spanish -ivo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pɾebenˈtibo/ [pɾe.β̞ẽn̪ˈt̪i.β̞o]
• Rhymes: -ibo
• Syllabification: pre‧ven‧ti‧vo

Adjective

preventivo (feminine preventiva, masculine plural preventivos, feminine plural preventivas)

1. preventive, preemptive

Derived terms

• guerra preventiva
• preventivamente
• prisión preventiva

Related terms

• prevención
• prevenir

Further reading

• “preventivo”, 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