purgativo
Portuguese, noun/puʁ.ɡaˈt͡ʃi.vu/
purgativo is spelled P-U-R-G-A-T-I-V-O (9 letters) and appears about once in every 44 million words in written Portuguese, the 187,594th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Purgativo is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “synonym of laxante” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “aquilo que purga”.
What does purgativo mean in English?
adjective
- 1
synonym of purgante
noun
- 1
masculinesynonym of laxante
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. que purga, purifica 2. laxante
noun: 1. aquilo que purga 2. laxante
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 purgativo
- purgativa feminine
- purgativos masculine plural
- purgativas feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce purgativo?
- Brazil /puʁ.ɡaˈt͡ʃi.vu/
- Brazil [puɦ.ɡaˈt͡ʃi.vu]
- /puɾ.ɡaˈt͡ʃi.vu/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is purgativo in Portuguese?
purgativo appears about once in every 44 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).