-ivo
Portuguese, suffix/ˈi.vu/
-ivo is spelled I-V-O (3 letters) and appears 5.2 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 11,809th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). -ivo is a Portuguese suffix meaning “-ive (relating to)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “de origem latina usado em adjetivos derivados de outras classes gramaticais, como verbos e substantivos”.
What does -ivo mean in English?
suffix
- 1
-ive (relating to)
depressão (“depression”) + -ivo → depressivo (“depressive”)
- 2
-ive (of the nature of)
excesso (“excess”) + -ivo → excessivo (“excessive”)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
suffix: 1. de origem latina usado em adjetivos derivados de outras classes gramaticais, como verbos e substantivos 2. traduz a ideia de capacidade, efetividade
noun: 1. prenome masculino
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.
How do you pronounce -ivo?
- Brazil /ˈi.vu/
- Portugal /ˈi.vu/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is -ivo in Portuguese?
-ivo appears 5.2 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).