defensivo

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [deː.fẽːˈsiː.woː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [d̪e.fenˈsiː.vo]

dēfēnsīvō

1. dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of dēfēnsīvus

From French défensif, from Medieval Latin dēfēnsīvus. By surface analysis, defensa +‎ -ivo.

• Rhymes: -ivu
• Hyphenation: de‧fen‧si‧vo

defensivo (feminine defensiva, masculine plural defensivos, feminine plural defensivas)

1. defensive

defensivo m (plural defensivos)

1. This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.

• “defensivo”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025
• “defensivo”, in Dicionário inFormal (in Portuguese), 2006–2025
• “defensivo” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
• “defensivo”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
• “defensivo”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2025
• “defensivo”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

Borrowed from Medieval Latin dēfēnsīvus.

• IPA^(key): /defenˈsibo/ [d̪e.fẽnˈsi.β̞o]
• Rhymes: -ibo
• Syllabification: de‧fen‧si‧vo

defensivo (feminine defensiva, masculine plural defensivos, feminine plural defensivas)

1. defensive

defensivo m (plural defensivos)

1. (dated) This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.

• “defensivo”, 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