justificativa
Portuguese, noun/ʒus.t͡ʃi.fi.kaˈt͡ʃi.vɐ/
justificativa is spelled J-U-S-T-I-F-I-C-A-T-I-V-A (13 letters) and appears 9.5 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 7,612th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Justificativa is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “justification (reason, explanation, or excuse)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a feminine singular of justificativo. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “desculpa; razão”.
What does justificativa mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininejustification (reason, explanation, or excuse)
adjective
- 1
femininefeminine singular of justificativo
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. desculpa; razão 2. prova
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 justificativa
- justificativas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce justificativa?
- Brazil /ʒus.t͡ʃi.fi.kaˈt͡ʃi.vɐ/
- /ʒuʃ.t͡ʃi.fi.kaˈt͡ʃi.vɐ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to justificativa
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is justificativa in Portuguese?
justificativa appears 9.5 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).