preventivo
Portuguese, adjective/pɾe.vẽˈt͡ʃi.vu/
preventivo is spelled P-R-E-V-E-N-T-I-V-O (10 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written Portuguese, the 37,683rd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Preventivo is a Portuguese adjective meaning “preventive, preemptive” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “que visa prevenir”.
What does preventivo mean in English?
adjective
- 1
preventive, preemptive
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. que visa prevenir
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 preventivo
- preventiva feminine
- preventivos masculine plural
- preventivas feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce preventivo?
- Brazil /pɾe.vẽˈt͡ʃi.vu/
- Portugal /pɾɨ.vẽˈti.vu/
- Portugal /pɾɨ.bẽˈti.bu/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to preventivo
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is preventivo in Portuguese?
preventivo 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).