altivo
Portuguese
Etymology
From alto + -ivo or borrowed from Spanish altivo.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /awˈt͡ʃi.vu/ [aʊ̯ˈt͡ʃi.vu]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /awˈt͡ʃi.vo/ [aʊ̯ˈt͡ʃi.vo]
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /alˈti.vu/ [aɫˈti.vu]
- (Northern Portugal) IPA(key): /alˈti.bu/ [aɫˈti.βu]
- Rhymes: -ivu
- Hyphenation: al‧ti‧vo
Adjective
altivo (feminine altiva, masculine plural altivos, feminine plural altivas)
- high, elevated
- Synonym: alto
- (by extension) arrogant, haughty (arrogantly proud)
- (by extension) noble, grand
- Synonym: majestoso
Derived terms
Further reading
- “altivo”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025
Spanish
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /alˈtibo/ [al̪ˈt̪i.β̞o]
- Rhymes: -ibo
- Syllabification: al‧ti‧vo
Adjective
altivo (feminine altiva, masculine plural altivos, feminine plural altivas)
Derived terms
See also
Further reading
- “altivo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024