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perceptivo

Portuguese, adjective/peʁ.sepˈt͡ʃi.vu/

perceptivo is spelled P-E-R-C-E-P-T-I-V-O (10 letters) and appears about once in every 4 million words in written Portuguese, the 61,435th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Perceptivo is a Portuguese adjective meaning “perceptive (having perception: insight, understanding or intuition)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “que tem a faculdade de perceber”.

What does perceptivo mean in English?

adjective

  1. 1

    perceptive (having perception: insight, understanding or intuition)

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

How Portuguese dictionaries define it

adjective: 1. que tem a faculdade de perceber

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 perceptivo

  • perceptiva feminine
  • perceptivos masculine plural
  • perceptivas feminine plural
  • percetivo alternative Portugal

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

How do you pronounce perceptivo?

  • Brazil /peʁ.sepˈt͡ʃi.vu/
  • Brazil [peh.sepˈt͡ʃi.vu]
  • /peɾ.sepˈt͡ʃi.vu/

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

English words that translate to perceptivo

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

How common is perceptivo in Portuguese?

perceptivo appears about once in every 4 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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