cativante
Portuguese, adjective/ka.t͡ʃiˈvɐ̃.t͡ʃi/
cativante is spelled C-A-T-I-V-A-N-T-E (9 letters) and appears 2.1 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 21,396th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Cativante is a Portuguese feminine adjective meaning “captivating (that captivates)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “que é capaz de cativar, inspirar”.
What does cativante mean in English?
adjective
- 1
femininemasculinecaptivating (that captivates)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. que é capaz de cativar, inspirar 2. em que há simpatia; cativador
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 cativante
- cativantes plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce cativante?
- Brazil /ka.t͡ʃiˈvɐ̃.t͡ʃi/
- Portugal /kɐ.tiˈvɐ̃.tɨ/
- Portugal /kɐ.tiˈbɐ̃.tɨ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to cativante
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is cativante in Portuguese?
cativante appears 2.1 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).