atrativo

Portuguese

Alternative forms

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin attractīvus.

Pronunciation

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /a.tɾaˈt͡ʃi.vu/
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /a.tɾaˈt͡ʃi.vo/
 

  • Hyphenation: a‧tra‧ti‧vo

Noun

atrativo m (plural atrativos)

  1. attractiveness
  2. attraction
    • 1880, Maria Amalia Vaz de Carvalho, “Lincoln e Grant [Lincoln and Grant]”, in Contos e phantasias [Short stories and fantasies]‎[1], 2nd edition, Lisbon: Parceria Antonio Maria Pereira, published 1905, page 277:
      Este nosso modesto Jardim da Europa à beira-mar plantado, como a caridosa phantasia do poeta D. Jayme lhe chamou, tem poucos attractivos que chamem os viajantes.
      This modest European Garden planted by the sea of ours, as the poet D. Jayme’s charitable fantasy called it, has few attractions to draw travelers.

Adjective

atrativo (feminine atrativa, masculine plural atrativos, feminine plural atrativas)

  1. attractive

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