invectiva
Portuguese, noun
invectiva is spelled I-N-V-E-C-T-I-V-A (9 letters) and appears about once in every 58 million words in written Portuguese, the 211,654th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Invectiva is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “offense, verbal aggression” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a third-person singular present indicative of invectivar. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “injúria, insulto”.
What does invectiva mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineoffense, verbal aggression
verb
- 1
third-person singular present indicative
- 2
second-person singular imperative
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. injúria, insulto 2. ato ou efeito de invectivar
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 invectiva
- invectivas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to invectiva
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is invectiva in Portuguese?
invectiva appears about once in every 58 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).