retrospectivo
Portuguese
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Latin retrōspectus + -ivo.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˌʁɛ.tɾo.spekˈt͡ʃi.vu/ [ˌhɛ.tɾo.spekˈt͡ʃi.vu], /ˌʁɛ.tɾo.spe.kiˈt͡ʃi.vu/ [ˌhɛ.tɾo.spe.kiˈt͡ʃi.vu]
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /ˌʁɛ.tɾo.ʃpekˈt͡ʃi.vu/ [ˌχɛ.tɾo.ʃpekˈt͡ʃi.vu], /ˌʁɛ.tɾo.ʃpe.kiˈt͡ʃi.vu/ [ˌχɛ.tɾo.ʃpe.kiˈt͡ʃi.vu]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ˌʁɛ.tɾo.spekˈt͡ʃi.vo/ [ˌhɛ.tɾo.spekˈt͡ʃi.vo]
- Rhymes: -ivu
- Hyphenation: re‧tros‧pec‧ti‧vo
Adjective
retrospectivo (feminine retrospectiva, masculine plural retrospectivos, feminine plural retrospectivas) (Brazilian Portuguese spelling, superseded in European Portuguese)
- retrospective (examining or contemplating the past)
Further reading
- “retrospectivo”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025
- “retrospectivo”, in Dicionário inFormal (in Portuguese), 2006–2025
- “rètrospectivo” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
- “retrospectivo”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2025
Spanish
Etymology
From Latin retrōspectus + -ivo.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /retɾospeɡˈtibo/ [re.t̪ɾos.peɣ̞ˈt̪i.β̞o]
- Rhymes: -ibo
- Syllabification: re‧tros‧pec‧ti‧vo
Adjective
retrospectivo (feminine retrospectiva, masculine plural retrospectivos, feminine plural retrospectivas)
Derived terms
Further reading
- “retrospectivo”, 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