compulsivo
Portuguese, adjective/kõ.puwˈsi.vu/
compulsivo is spelled C-O-M-P-U-L-S-I-V-O (10 letters) and appears 1.8 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 23,592nd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Compulsivo is a Portuguese adjective meaning “compulsive” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “obrigatório, relativo à compulsão”.
What does compulsivo mean in English?
adjective
- 1
compulsive
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. obrigatório, relativo à compulsão 2. . Aposentação compulsiva para líder de sindicato da PSP que faltou 83 dias (notícia do jornal Diário de Notícias de 25 de julho de 2019)
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 compulsivo
- compulsiva feminine
- compulsivos masculine plural
- compulsivas feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce compulsivo?
- Brazil /kõ.puwˈsi.vu/
- Brazil [kõ.puʊ̯ˈsi.vu]
- Portugal /kõ.pulˈsi.vu/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is compulsivo in Portuguese?
compulsivo appears 1.8 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).