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adoptivo

Portuguese, adjective

adoptivo is spelled A-D-O-P-T-I-V-O (8 letters) and appears about once in every 8 million words in written Portuguese, the 88,935th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Adoptivo is a Portuguese adjective meaning “pre-reform spelling (used until 1990) of adotivo; still used where the agreement hasn’t come into effect and may occur as a sporadic…” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).

What does adoptivo mean in English?

adjective

  1. 1

    pre-reform spelling (used until 1990) of adotivo; still used where the agreement hasn’t come into effect and may occur as a sporadic misspelling

Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Forms of adoptivo

  • adoptiva feminine
  • adoptivos masculine plural
  • adoptivas feminine plural

Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

English words that translate to adoptivo

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is adoptivo in Portuguese?

adoptivo appears about once in every 8 million words in written Portuguese.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

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