impeditivo
Portuguese, adjective/ĩ.pe.d͡ʒiˈt͡ʃi.vu/
impeditivo is spelled I-M-P-E-D-I-T-I-V-O (10 letters) and appears about once in every 23 million words in written Portuguese, the 142,541st most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Impeditivo is a Portuguese adjective meaning “deterrent” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “que impede, obstrui”.
What does impeditivo mean in English?
adjective
- 1
deterrent
- 2
preventive
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. que impede, obstrui
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 impeditivo
- impeditiva feminine
- impeditivos masculine plural
- impeditivas feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce impeditivo?
- Brazil /ĩ.pe.d͡ʒiˈt͡ʃi.vu/
- Portugal /ĩ.pɨ.diˈti.vu/
- Portugal [ĩ.pɨ.ðiˈti.vu]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is impeditivo in Portuguese?
impeditivo appears about once in every 23 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).