privativo

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin privatīvus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pri.vaˈti.vo/
• Rhymes: -ivo
• Hyphenation: pri‧va‧tì‧vo

Adjective

privativo (feminine privativa, masculine plural privativi, feminine plural privative)

1. (grammar) privative
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Further reading

• privativo in Collins Italian-English Dictionary
• privativo in Aldo Gabrielli, Grandi Dizionario Italiano (Hoepli)
• privativo in garzantilinguistica.it – Garzanti Linguistica, De Agostini Scuola Spa
• privativo in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication
• privativo in sapere.it – De Agostini Editore
• privativo in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [priː.waːˈtiː.woː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [pri.vaˈtiː.vo]

Adjective

prīvātīvō

1. dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of prīvātīvus

Portuguese

Etymology

Etymology tree

Latin prīvātus

Proto-Indo-European *-wós

Proto-Indo-European *-iHwósder.

Latin -īvus

Late Latin prīvātīvusbor.

Portuguese privativo

Borrowed from Late Latin prīvātīvus.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /pɾi.vaˈt͡ʃi.vu/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /pɾi.vaˈt͡ʃi.vu/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /pɾi.vaˈt͡ʃi.vo/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /pɾi.vɐˈti.vu/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /pɾi.vɐˈti.vu/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /pɾi.bɐˈti.bu/ [pɾi.βɐˈti.βu]

• Hyphenation: pri‧va‧ti‧vo

Adjective

privativo (feminine privativa, masculine plural privativos, feminine plural privativas)

1. private (accessible only to an individual person or a specific group)

   Synonyms: privado, exclusivo

2. privative (causing privation; depriving)

Derived terms

• privativamente

Further reading

• “privativo”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “privativo”, in Dicionário inFormal (in Portuguese), 2006–2026
• “privativo” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
• “privativo”, in Dicionário Infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2026
• “privativo”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Spanish

Etymology

Etymology tree

Latin prīvātus

Proto-Indo-European *-wós

Proto-Indo-European *-iHwósder.

Latin -īvus

Late Latin privatīvusbor.

Spanish privativo

Borrowed from Late Latin privatīvus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pɾibaˈtibo/ [pɾi.β̞aˈt̪i.β̞o]
• Rhymes: -ibo
• Syllabification: pri‧va‧ti‧vo

Adjective

privativo (feminine privativa, masculine plural privativos, feminine plural privativas)

1. exclusive, singular, restricted to

   Synonym: exclusivo

   Esta flor es privativa de México.

   This flower is only found in Mexico.

Derived terms

• privativamente

Further reading

• “privativo”, 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