vengativo

Spanish

Etymology

Etymology tree

Spanish vengar

Proto-Indo-European *-wós

Proto-Indo-European *-iHwósder.

Latin -īvusder.

Spanish -ivo

Spanish vengativo

From vengar + -ivo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /benɡaˈtibo/ [bẽŋ.ɡaˈt̪i.β̞o]
• Rhymes: -ibo
• Syllabification: ven‧ga‧ti‧vo

Adjective

vengativo (feminine vengativa, masculine plural vengativos, feminine plural vengativas)

1. vengeful (wanting vengeance)

Derived terms

• vengativamente

Further reading

• “vengativo”, 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