preventivamente
Portuguese, adverb/pɾe.vẽˌt͡ʃi.vaˈmẽ.t͡ʃi/
preventivamente is spelled P-R-E-V-E-N-T-I-V-A-M-E-N-T-E (15 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written Portuguese, the 35,491st most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Preventivamente is a Portuguese adverb meaning “preventively, preemptively” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “de modo preventivo”.
What does preventivamente mean in English?
adverb
- 1
preventively, preemptively
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adverb: 1. de modo preventivo
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.
How do you pronounce preventivamente?
- Brazil /pɾe.vẽˌt͡ʃi.vaˈmẽ.t͡ʃi/
- Portugal /pɾɨ.vẽˌti.vɐˈmẽ.tɨ/
- Portugal /pɾɨ.bẽˌti.bɐˈmẽ.tɨ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to preventivamente
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is preventivamente in Portuguese?
preventivamente appears about once in every 1 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).