adjetivo
Portuguese, noun/ad͡ʒ.ʒeˈt͡ʃi.vu/
adjetivo is spelled A-D-J-E-T-I-V-O (8 letters) and appears 2.6 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 18,794th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Adjetivo is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “adjective (a word that modifies or describes a noun)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first-person singular present indicative of adjetivar. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “palavra que adiciona alguma(s) qualidade(s) aos substantivos ou a ele se refere, modificando-o; podem ser…”.
What does adjetivo mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineadjective (a word that modifies or describes a noun)
adjective
- 1
adjective; adjectival (functioning as an adjective)
verb
- 1
first-person singular present indicative of adjetivar
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. que exerce a função de substantivo 2. junto de, unido com
noun: 1. palavra que adiciona alguma(s) qualidade(s) aos substantivos ou a ele se refere, modificando-o; podem ser simples, compostos ou pátrios
The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.
Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of adjetivo
- adjetivos plural
- adjectivo alternative
- adjetiva feminine
- adjetivas feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce adjetivo?
- Brazil /ad͡ʒ.ʒeˈt͡ʃi.vu/
- Brazil /a.d͡ʒi.ʒeˈt͡ʃi.vu/
- Portugal /ɐd.ʒɛˈti.vu/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to adjetivo
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is adjetivo in Portuguese?
adjetivo appears 2.6 times per million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).