subjuntivo
Portuguese
Alternative forms
- subjunctivo (obsolete)
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin subiunctīvus (“serving to join, connecting; of the subjunctive mode”), from subiungō (“to add, to join, to subjoin”), from sub- (“under”) + iungō (“to join”).
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /su.bi.ʒũˈt͡ʃi.vu/, /sub.ʒũˈt͡ʃi.vu/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /sub.ʒũˈt͡ʃi.vo/, /su.bi.ʒũˈt͡ʃi.vo/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /su.bʒũˈti.vu/ [su.βʒũˈti.vu]
- (Northern Portugal) IPA(key): /su.bʒũˈti.bu/ [su.βʒũˈti.βu]
- Hyphenation: sub‧jun‧ti‧vo
Noun
subjuntivo m (plural subjuntivos) (Brazil)
- (uncountable, grammar) subjunctive (subjunctive mood)
- Synonyms: (Portugal) conjuntivo, modo conjuntivo, (Brazil) modo subjuntivo
- a verb form in the subjunctive mood
- Synonym: (Portugal) conjuntivo
Usage notes
(modo) subjuntivo is preferred by the Nomenclatura Gramatical Brasileira; European Portuguese grammars tend to use the term (modo) conjuntivo instead.
Coordinate terms
Derived terms
- modo subjuntivo, futuro do subjuntivo, presente do subjuntivo, pretérito imperfeito do subjuntivo
Adjective
subjuntivo (feminine subjuntiva, masculine plural subjuntivos, feminine plural subjuntivas, not comparable) (Brazil)
- (grammar, of a verb form) subjunctive (inflected in the subjunctive mood)
Further reading
- “subjuntivo”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin subiunctīvus (“serving to join, connecting; of the subjunctive mode”), from subiungō (“to add, to join, to subjoin”), from sub- (“under”) + iungō (“to join”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /subxunˈtibo/ [suβ̞.xũn̪ˈt̪i.β̞o]
- Rhymes: -ibo
- Syllabification: sub‧jun‧ti‧vo
Adjective
subjuntivo (feminine subjuntiva, masculine plural subjuntivos, feminine plural subjuntivas)
Derived terms
Noun
subjuntivo m (plural subjuntivos)
- subjunctive mood
Derived terms
Further reading
- “subjuntivo”, 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