potestativo
Portuguese, adjective/po.tes.taˈt͡ʃi.vu/
potestativo is spelled P-O-T-E-S-T-A-T-I-V-O (11 letters) and appears about once in every 31 million words in written Portuguese, the 161,170th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Potestativo is a Portuguese adjective meaning “potestative” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “que possui poder”.
What does potestativo mean in English?
adjective
- 1
potestative
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. que possui poder 2. diz-se de condição contratual que está atrelada à vontade de uma das partes contratantes
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 potestativo
- potestativa feminine
- potestativos masculine plural
- potestativas feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce potestativo?
- Brazil /po.tes.taˈt͡ʃi.vu/
- /po.teʃ.taˈt͡ʃi.vu/
- Portugal /pu.tɨʃ.tɐˈti.vu/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is potestativo in Portuguese?
potestativo appears about once in every 31 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).