proibitivo
Portuguese, adjective/pɾo.i.biˈt͡ʃi.vu/
proibitivo is spelled P-R-O-I-B-I-T-I-V-O (10 letters) and appears about once in every 9 million words in written Portuguese, the 92,647th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Proibitivo is a Portuguese adjective meaning “prohibitive” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “não baixo ou elevado de forma que torna aquisição não viável de forma mais ampla”.
What does proibitivo mean in English?
adjective
- 1
prohibitive
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. não baixo ou elevado de forma que torna aquisição não viável de forma mais ampla
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 proibitivo
- proibitiva feminine
- proibitivos masculine plural
- proibitivas feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce proibitivo?
- Brazil /pɾo.i.biˈt͡ʃi.vu/
- Portugal /pɾu.i.biˈti.vu/
- Portugal [pɾu.i.βiˈti.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 proibitivo
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is proibitivo in Portuguese?
proibitivo appears about once in every 9 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).