especulativo
Portuguese
Etymology
Borrowed from Late Latin speculātīvus, from Latin speculor. By surface analysis, especular + -tivo.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /is.pe.ku.laˈt͡ʃi.vu/, /es.pe.ku.laˈt͡ʃi.vu/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /iʃ.pe.ku.laˈt͡ʃi.vu/, /eʃ.pe.ku.laˈt͡ʃi.vu/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /es.pe.ku.laˈt͡ʃi.vo/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /(i)ʃ.pɛ.ku.lɐˈti.vu/
- (Northern Portugal) IPA(key): /(i)ʃ.pɛ.ku.lɐˈti.bu/ [(i)ʃ.pɛ.ku.lɐˈti.βu]
- Rhymes: -ivu
- Hyphenation: es‧pe‧cu‧la‧ti‧vo
Adjective
especulativo (feminine especulativa, masculine plural especulativos, feminine plural especulativas)
Related terms
Further reading
- “especulativo”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025
- “especulativo”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025
- “especulativo”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
- “especulativo”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2025
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from Late Latin speculātīvus, from Latin speculor.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /espekulaˈtibo/ [es.pe.ku.laˈt̪i.β̞o]
- Rhymes: -ibo
- Syllabification: es‧pe‧cu‧la‧ti‧vo
Adjective
especulativo (feminine especulativa, masculine plural especulativos, feminine plural especulativas)
Derived terms
Related terms
Further reading
- “especulativo”, 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