vocativo
Italian
Etymology
Borrowed from grammatical Latin vocātīvus.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /vo.kaˈti.vo/
- Rhymes: -ivo
- Hyphenation: vo‧ca‧tì‧vo
Adjective
vocativo (feminine vocativa, masculine plural vocativi, feminine plural vocative)
Noun
vocativo m (plural vocativi)
Related terms
Latin
Adjective
vocātīvō
- dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of vocātīvus
Portuguese
Etymology
Borrowed from grammatical Latin vocātīvus.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /vo.kaˈt͡ʃi.vu/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /vo.kaˈt͡ʃi.vo/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /vu.kɐˈti.vu/
- (Northern Portugal) IPA(key): /bu.kɐˈti.bu/ [bu.kɐˈti.βu]
- Hyphenation: vo‧ca‧ti‧vo
Noun
vocativo m (plural vocativos)
- (grammar) vocative case (case used when addressing someone)
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from grammatical Latin vocātīvus.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /bokaˈtibo/ [bo.kaˈt̪i.β̞o]
- Rhymes: -ibo
- Syllabification: vo‧ca‧ti‧vo
Adjective
vocativo (feminine vocativa, masculine plural vocativos, feminine plural vocativas)
Derived terms
Noun
vocativo m (plural vocativos)
Further reading
- “vocativo”, 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