locativo
Portuguese, noun/lo.kaˈt͡ʃi.vu/
locativo is spelled L-O-C-A-T-I-V-O (8 letters) and appears about once in every 35 million words in written Portuguese, the 171,147th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Locativo is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “locative (grammatical case expressing the place where or the time during which something occurs)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “caso do lugar onde algo ou alguém está”.
What does locativo mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinelocative (grammatical case expressing the place where or the time during which something occurs)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. caso do lugar onde algo ou alguém está 2. nome próprio de acidente geográfico; topônimo
adjective: 1. referente a locação
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 locativo
- locativos plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce locativo?
- Brazil /lo.kaˈt͡ʃi.vu/
- Portugal /lu.kɐˈti.vu/
- Portugal /lu.kɐˈti.bu/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is locativo in Portuguese?
locativo appears about once in every 35 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).