plosiva

Portuguese, noun/ploˈzi.vɐ/

plosiva is spelled P-L-O-S-I-V-A (7 letters). Plosiva is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “stop; plosive (consonant produced by blocking the passage of air)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a feminine singular of plosivo.

What does plosiva mean in English?

noun

1
femininestop; plosive (consonant produced by blocking the passage of air)

adjective

1
femininefeminine singular of plosivo

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

Forms of plosiva

plosivas plural

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

How do you pronounce plosiva?

Brazil /ploˈzi.vɐ/
Portugal /pluˈzi.vɐ/
Portugal /pluˈzi.bɐ/

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

English words that translate to plosiva

plosive

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