impositivo
Portuguese, adjective
impositivo is spelled I-M-P-O-S-I-T-I-V-O (10 letters) and appears about once in every 13 million words in written Portuguese, the 111,334th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Impositivo is a Portuguese adjective meaning “that imposes or obligates; characterized by imposition” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “que se impõe”.
What does impositivo mean in English?
adjective
- 1
that imposes or obligates; characterized by imposition
- 2
indispensable, unrejectable, mandatory
- 3
arrogant
adjective
- 1
nonpositive, negative
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. que se impõe 2. que não se pode deixar de cumprir ou evitar; necessário 3. não positivo, negativo 4. que tem prepotência ou tem intenção de dominar
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 impositivo
- impositiva feminine
- impositivos masculine plural
- impositivas feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How common is impositivo in Portuguese?
impositivo appears about once in every 13 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).