imperativo
Portuguese, noun/ĩ.pe.ɾaˈt͡ʃi.vu/
imperativo is spelled I-M-P-E-R-A-T-I-V-O (10 letters) and appears 2.9 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 17,722nd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Imperativo is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “imperative mood” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “imposição, dever, mando”.
What does imperativo mean in English?
adjective
- 1
imperative (expressing a command)
noun
- 1
masculineimperative mood
- 2
masculineorder; command
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. que exprime uma ordem; que impõe; autoritário 2. diz-se do modo verbal que exorta o interlocutor a cumprir a ação expressa pelo verbo
noun: 1. imposição, dever, mando 2. o mesmo que modo imperativo
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 imperativo
- imperativa feminine
- imperativos masculine plural
- imperativas feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce imperativo?
- Brazil /ĩ.pe.ɾaˈt͡ʃi.vu/
- Portugal /ĩ.pɨ.ɾɐˈti.vu/
- Portugal /ĩ.pɨ.ɾɐˈti.bu/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to imperativo
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is imperativo in Portuguese?
imperativo appears 2.9 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).