taxativo
Portuguese
Etymology
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /ta.ʃaˈt͡ʃi.vu/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ta.ʃaˈt͡ʃi.vo/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /tɐ.ʃɐˈti.vu/
- (Northern Portugal) IPA(key): /tɐ.ʃɐˈti.bu/ [tɐ.ʃɐˈti.βu]
- Rhymes: -ivu
- Hyphenation: ta‧xa‧ti‧vo
Adjective
taxativo (feminine taxativa, masculine plural taxativos, feminine plural taxativas)
- categorical, absolute (having no exception)
- Synonym: categórico
Related terms
Spanish
Etymology
From Latin taxātus, perfect passive participle of taxō (“to tax, to censor”), + -ivo.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /taɡsaˈtibo/ [t̪aɣ̞.saˈt̪i.β̞o]
- Rhymes: -ibo
- Syllabification: ta‧xa‧ti‧vo
Adjective
taxativo (feminine taxativa, masculine plural taxativos, feminine plural taxativas)
- (law) limited, restrictive
- categorical, absolute (not open to discussion)
Further reading
- “taxativo”, 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