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lesivo

Portuguese, adjective/leˈzi.vu/

lesivo is a Portuguese adjective meaning “harmful or damaging (to); injurious; detrimental” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “que lesa”.

What does lesivo mean in English?

adjective

  1. 1

    harmful or damaging (to); injurious; detrimental

Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How Portuguese dictionaries define it

adjective: 1. que lesa 2. que causa lesão ou ferida 3. nocivo, danoso, prejudicial

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 lesivo

  • lesiva feminine
  • lesivos masculine plural
  • lesivas feminine plural

Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce lesivo?

  • Brazil /leˈzi.vu/
  • Portugal /lɨˈzi.vu/
  • Portugal /lɨˈzi.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 lesivo

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is lesivo in Portuguese?

lesivo appears about once in every 17 million words in written Portuguese.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).