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modificativo

Portuguese, adjective/mo.d͡ʒi.fi.kaˈt͡ʃi.vu/

modificativo is spelled M-O-D-I-F-I-C-A-T-I-V-O (12 letters) and appears about once in every 22 million words in written Portuguese, the 139,586th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Modificativo is a Portuguese adjective meaning “modifying” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).

What does modificativo mean in English?

adjective

  1. 1

    modifying

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

Forms of modificativo

  • modificativa feminine
  • modificativos masculine plural
  • modificativas feminine plural

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

How do you pronounce modificativo?

  • Brazil /mo.d͡ʒi.fi.kaˈt͡ʃi.vu/
  • Portugal /mu.di.fi.kɐˈti.vu/
  • Portugal [mu.ði.fi.kɐˈti.vu]

Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

How common is modificativo in Portuguese?

modificativo appears about once in every 22 million words in written Portuguese.

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

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