purgativo
Italian
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Late Latin pūrgātīvus, from pūrgāre.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pur.ɡaˈti.vo/
- Rhymes: -ivo
- Hyphenation: pur‧ga‧tì‧vo
Adjective
purgativo (feminine purgativa, masculine plural purgativi, feminine plural purgative)
Noun
purgativo m (plural purgativi)
- (pharmacology) purgative
- Synonym: purgante
Related terms
Further reading
- purgativo in Collins Italian-English Dictionary
- purgativo in Aldo Gabrielli, Grandi Dizionario Italiano (Hoepli)
- purgativo in garzantilinguistica.it – Garzanti Linguistica, De Agostini Scuola Spa
- purgatìvo in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication
- purgativo in sapere.it – De Agostini Editore
- purgativo in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
Latin
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [puːr.ɡaːˈtiː.woː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [pur.ɡaˈt̪iː.vo]
Adjective
pūrgātīvō
- dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of pūrgātīvus
Portuguese
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Late Latin pūrgātīvus. By surface analysis, purgar + -tivo.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /puʁ.ɡaˈt͡ʃi.vu/ [puɦ.ɡaˈt͡ʃi.vu]
- (São Paulo) IPA(key): /puɾ.ɡaˈt͡ʃi.vu/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /puʁ.ɡaˈt͡ʃi.vu/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /puɻ.ɡaˈt͡ʃi.vo/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /puɾ.ɡɐˈti.vu/ [puɾ.ɣɐˈti.vu]
- (Northern Portugal) IPA(key): /puɾ.ɡɐˈti.bu/ [puɾ.ɣɐˈti.βu]
- Rhymes: -ivu
- Hyphenation: pur‧ga‧ti‧vo
Adjective
purgativo (feminine purgativa, masculine plural purgativos, feminine plural purgativas)
- synonym of purgante
Noun
purgativo m (plural purgativos)
- (pharmacology) synonym of laxante
Further reading
- “purgativo”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025
- “purgativo”, in Dicionário inFormal (in Portuguese), 2006–2025
- “purgativo” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
- “purgativo”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
- “purgativo”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2025
- “purgativo”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025
Spanish
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Late Latin pūrgātīvus, from pūrgāre.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /puɾɡaˈtibo/ [puɾ.ɣ̞aˈt̪i.β̞o]
- Rhymes: -ibo
- Syllabification: pur‧ga‧ti‧vo
Adjective
purgativo (feminine purgativa, masculine plural purgativos, feminine plural purgativas)
Further reading
- “purgativo”, 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