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esportivo

Portuguese, adjective/is.poʁˈt͡ʃi.vu/

esportivo is a Portuguese adjective meaning “sporting, sports” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “relativo ao esporte”.

What does esportivo mean in English?

adjective

  1. 1

    Brazilsporting, sports

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

How Portuguese dictionaries define it

adjective: 1. relativo ao esporte 2. diz-se de quem se interessa por esportes

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 esportivo

  • esportiva feminine
  • esportivos masculine plural
  • esportivas feminine plural

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

How do you pronounce esportivo?

  • Brazil /is.poʁˈt͡ʃi.vu/
  • Brazil [is.pohˈt͡ʃi.vu]
  • Brazil /es.poʁˈt͡ʃi.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 esportivo

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

How common is esportivo in Portuguese?

esportivo appears 10 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).