imperativo
Esperanto
Etymology
From Latin imperātīvus.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /imperaˈtivo/
Audio: (file) - Rhymes: -ivo
- Hyphenation: im‧pe‧ra‧ti‧vo
Noun
imperativo (uncountable, accusative imperativon)
Descendants
- Ido: imperativo
Italian
Etymology
Probably borrowed from Latin imperātīvus.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /im.pe.raˈti.vo/
- Rhymes: -ivo
- Hyphenation: im‧pe‧ra‧tì‧vo
Adjective
imperativo (feminine imperativa, masculine plural imperativi, feminine plural imperative)
Derived terms
Related terms
Noun
imperativo m (plural imperativi)
Derived terms
- imperativale (“imperatival”, adjective)
Further reading
- imperativo in Collins Italian-English Dictionary
- imperativo in Aldo Gabrielli, Grandi Dizionario Italiano (Hoepli)
- imperativo in garzantilinguistica.it – Garzanti Linguistica, De Agostini Scuola Spa
- imperativo in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication
- imperativo in sapere.it – De Agostini Editore
- imperativo in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
Anagrams
Latin
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ɪm.pɛ.raːˈtiː.woː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [im.pe.raˈt̪iː.vo]
Adjective
imperātīvō
- dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of imperātīvus
Portuguese
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin imperātīvus.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /ĩ.pe.ɾaˈt͡ʃi.vu/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ĩ.pe.ɾaˈt͡ʃi.vo/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /ĩ.pɨ.ɾɐˈti.vu/
- (Northern Portugal) IPA(key): /ĩ.pɨ.ɾɐˈti.bu/ [ĩ.pɨ.ɾɐˈti.βu]
- Hyphenation: im‧pe‧ra‧ti‧vo
Adjective
imperativo (feminine imperativa, masculine plural imperativos, feminine plural imperativas)
- imperative (expressing a command)
Related terms
Noun
imperativo m (plural imperativos)
Further reading
- “imperativo”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025
- “imperativo”, in Dicionário inFormal (in Portuguese), 2006–2025
- “imperativo” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
- “imperativo”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
- “imperativo”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2025
- “imperativo”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin imperātīvus.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /impeɾaˈtibo/ [ĩm.pe.ɾaˈt̪i.β̞o]
- Rhymes: -ibo
- Syllabification: im‧pe‧ra‧ti‧vo
Adjective
imperativo (feminine imperativa, masculine plural imperativos, feminine plural imperativas)
Derived terms
Noun
imperativo m (plural imperativos)
- imperative (necessity)
- (grammar) imperative
Related terms
Further reading
- “imperativo”, 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