repetitivo

Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin repetitus (“attacking again”), participle of repetēns. By surface analysis, repetir +‎ -ivo.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʁe.pe.t͡ʃiˈt͡ʃi.vu/ [he.pe.t͡ʃiˈt͡ʃi.vu]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʁe.pe.t͡ʃiˈt͡ʃi.vu/ [he.pe.t͡ʃiˈt͡ʃi.vu]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ʁe.pe.t͡ʃiˈt͡ʃi.vu/ [χe.pe.t͡ʃiˈt͡ʃi.vu]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʁe.pe.t͡ʃiˈt͡ʃi.vo/ [he.pe.t͡ʃiˈt͡ʃi.vo]

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ʁɨ.pɨ.tiˈti.vu/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ʁɨ.pɨ.tiˈti.vu/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ʁɨ.pɨ.tiˈti.bu/ [ʁɨ.pɨ.tiˈti.βu]

• Rhymes: -ivu
• Hyphenation: re‧pe‧ti‧ti‧vo

Adjective

repetitivo (feminine repetitiva, masculine plural repetitivos, feminine plural repetitivas)

1. repetitive (that which repeats)
2. repetitive (that has repetitions)

Further reading

• “repetitivo”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “repetitivo”, in Dicio – Dicionário Online de Português (in Portuguese), São Paulo: 7Graus, 2009–2026
• “repetitivo”, in Dicionário da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisboa: Academia das Ciências de Lisboa, 2001–2026
• “repetitivo”, in Dicionário infopédia da Lingua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2026
• “repetitivo”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2026, →ISBN
• “repetitivo”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /repetiˈtibo/ [re.pe.t̪iˈt̪i.β̞o]
• Rhymes: -ibo
• Syllabification: re‧pe‧ti‧ti‧vo

Adjective

repetitivo (feminine repetitiva, masculine plural repetitivos, feminine plural repetitivas)

1. repetitive

Related terms

• repetición
• repetir

Further reading

• “repetitivo”, 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