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coercivo

Portuguese, adjective/ko.eʁˈsi.vu/

coercivo is spelled C-O-E-R-C-I-V-O (8 letters) and appears about once in every 21 million words in written Portuguese, the 135,347th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Coercivo is a Portuguese adjective meaning “coercive” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “variação de coercitivo”.

What does coercivo mean in English?

adjective

  1. 1

    coercive

  2. 2

    repressive, punishing

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

How Portuguese dictionaries define it

adjective: 1. variação de coercitivo

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 coercivo

  • coerciva feminine
  • coercivos masculine plural
  • coercivas feminine plural

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

How do you pronounce coercivo?

  • Brazil /ko.eʁˈsi.vu/
  • Brazil [ko.ehˈsi.vu]
  • /ko.eɾˈsi.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 coercivo

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

How common is coercivo in Portuguese?

coercivo appears about once in every 21 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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