protetivo
Portuguese, adjective/pɾo.teˈt͡ʃi.vu/
protetivo is spelled P-R-O-T-E-T-I-V-O (9 letters) and appears about once in every 19 million words in written Portuguese, the 131,183rd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Protetivo is a Portuguese adjective meaning “protective (serving, intended or wishing to protect)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “protetor”.
What does protetivo mean in English?
adjective
- 1
protective (serving, intended or wishing to protect)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. protetor
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 protetivo
- protetiva feminine
- protetivos masculine plural
- protetivas feminine plural
- protectivo alternative
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce protetivo?
- Brazil /pɾo.teˈt͡ʃi.vu/
- Portugal /pɾu.tɛˈti.vu/
- Portugal /pɾu.tɛˈti.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 protetivo
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is protetivo in Portuguese?
protetivo appears about once in every 19 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).