expletivo

Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin expletīvus.

Pronunciation

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /(i)ʃ.plɛˈti.vu/, /ɐjʃ.plɛˈti.vu/
- (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /(i)ʃ.plɛˈti.bu/ [(i)ʃ.plɛˈti.βu], /ejʃ.plɛˈti.bu/ [ejʃ.plɛˈti.βu]
- (Central Portugal) IPA^(key): /(i)ʃ.plɛˈti.vu/, /ejʃ.plɛˈti.vu/
- (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /(i)ʃ.plɛˈti.vu/, /eʃ.plɛˈti.vu/

Rhymes: -ivu
Hyphenation: ex‧ple‧ti‧vo

Adjective

expletivo (feminine expletiva, masculine plural expletivos, feminine plural expletivas)

(grammar) expletive (performing a syntactic role but contributing nothing to meaning)

Noun

expletivo m (plural expletivos)

(grammar) expletive (word that performs a syntactic role but contributes nothing to meaning)
Synonym: expletiva

Further reading

“expletivo” in iDicionário Aulete.
“expletivo” in Dicionário inFormal.
“expletivo” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
“expletivo” in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa. Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024.
“expletivo” in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa.
“expletivo” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin expletīvus.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /eɡspleˈtibo/ [eɣ̞s.pleˈt̪i.β̞o]
Rhymes: -ibo
Syllabification: ex‧ple‧ti‧vo

Adjective

expletivo (feminine expletiva, masculine plural expletivos, feminine plural expletivas)

(grammar) expletive (performing a syntactic role but contributing nothing to meaning)
Synonym: expletiva

Further reading

“expletivo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

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