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diretiva

Portuguese, noun/d͡ʒi.ɾeˈt͡ʃi.vɐ/

diretiva is spelled D-I-R-E-T-I-V-A (8 letters) and appears 1.3 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 28,135th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Diretiva is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “directive (instruction or guideline that indicates how to perform an action or reach a goal)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).

What does diretiva mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    femininedirective (instruction or guideline that indicates how to perform an action or reach a goal)

  2. 2

    femininedirective (form of legislative act addressed to the EU Member States)

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

Forms of diretiva

  • diretivas plural
  • directiva alternative

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

How do you pronounce diretiva?

  • Brazil /d͡ʒi.ɾeˈt͡ʃi.vɐ/
  • Portugal /di.ɾɛˈti.vɐ/
  • Portugal /di.ɾɛˈti.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 diretiva

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

How common is diretiva in Portuguese?

diretiva appears 1.3 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).

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