defensiva
Portuguese, noun/ˌde.fẽˈsi.vɐ/
defensiva is spelled D-E-F-E-N-S-I-V-A (9 letters) and appears 4.9 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 12,397th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Defensiva is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “defensive (a means, attitude or position of defence)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a feminine singular of defensivo.
What does defensiva mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininedefensive (a means, attitude or position of defence)
adjective
- 1
femininefeminine singular of defensivo
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How do you pronounce defensiva?
- Brazil /ˌde.fẽˈsi.vɐ/
- Portugal /dɨ.fẽˈsi.vɐ/
- Portugal /dɨ.fẽˈsi.bɐ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to defensiva
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is defensiva in Portuguese?
defensiva appears 4.9 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).