contraceptivo
Portuguese, noun/kõ.tɾa.se.piˈt͡ʃi.vu/
contraceptivo is spelled C-O-N-T-R-A-C-E-P-T-I-V-O (13 letters) and appears about once in every 3 million words in written Portuguese, the 56,014th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Contraceptivo is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “contraceptive” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “anticoncepcional; medicamento, tratamento ou técnica que, por impedir a fecundação, evita ou impossibilita…”.
What does contraceptivo mean in English?
adjective
- 1
contraceptive
noun
- 1
masculinecontraceptive
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. que impossibilita a fecundação
noun: 1. anticoncepcional; medicamento, tratamento ou técnica que, por impedir a fecundação, evita ou impossibilita uma gravidez
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 contraceptivo
- contraceptiva feminine
- contraceptivos masculine plural
- contraceptivas feminine plural
- contracetivo alternative Portugal
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce contraceptivo?
- Brazil /kõ.tɾa.se.piˈt͡ʃi.vu/
- Brazil /kõ.tɾa.sepˈt͡ʃi.vu/
- Portugal /kõ.tɾɐ.sɨpˈti.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 contraceptivo
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is contraceptivo in Portuguese?
contraceptivo appears about once in every 3 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).