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massivo

Portuguese, adjective/maˈsi.vu/

massivo is a Portuguese adjective meaning “massive (great in size, extent or importance)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “que tem uma grande massa; pesado; volumoso”.

What does massivo mean in English?

adjective

  1. 1

    massive (great in size, extent or importance)

  2. 2

    massive (having mass)

    Os eletrões são partículas massivas.

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

How Portuguese dictionaries define it

adjective: 1. que tem uma grande massa; pesado; volumoso 2. muito maior do que o normal, em grande quantidade ou proporção 3. referente a ou próprio de povo, de massas

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 massivo

  • massiva feminine
  • massivos masculine plural
  • massivas feminine plural

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

How do you pronounce massivo?

  • Brazil /maˈsi.vu/
  • Portugal /mɐˈsi.vu/
  • Portugal /mɐˈsi.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 massivo

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

How common is massivo in Portuguese?

massivo appears 1.6 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).