investigativo
Italian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /in.ves.ti.ɡaˈti.vo/
- Rhymes: -ivo
- Hyphenation: in‧ve‧sti‧ga‧tì‧vo
Adjective
investigativo (feminine investigativa, masculine plural investigativi, feminine plural investigative)
- (relational) detective; investigative, investigating
Related terms
Portuguese
Etymology
From investigar + -ivo.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /ĩ.ves.t͡ʃi.ɡaˈt͡ʃi.vu/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /ĩ.veʃ.t͡ʃi.ɡaˈt͡ʃi.vu/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ĩ.ves.t͡ʃi.ɡaˈt͡ʃi.vo/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /ĩ.vɨʃ.ti.ɡɐˈti.vu/ [ĩ.vɨʃ.ti.ɣɐˈti.vu]
- (Northern Portugal) IPA(key): /ĩ.bɨʃ.ti.ɡɐˈti.bu/ [ĩ.bɨʃ.ti.ɣɐˈti.βu]
- Rhymes: -ivu
- Hyphenation: in‧ves‧ti‧ga‧ti‧vo
Adjective
investigativo (feminine investigativa, masculine plural investigativos, feminine plural investigativas)
- investigative (relating or pertaining to investigation)
- investigative (that uses methods and techniques characteristic of police or scientific investigation)
- (figuratively) investigative (that demonstrates detailed curiosity about the facts)
Further reading
- “investigativo”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
- “investigativo”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /imbestiɡaˈtibo/ [ĩm.bes.t̪i.ɣ̞aˈt̪i.β̞o]
- Rhymes: -ibo
- Syllabification: in‧ves‧ti‧ga‧ti‧vo
Adjective
investigativo (feminine investigativa, masculine plural investigativos, feminine plural investigativas)
- investigative
- Synonym: inquisitivo
Further reading
- “investigativo”, 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