qualificativo
Portuguese, noun/kwa.li.fi.kaˈt͡ʃi.vu/
qualificativo is spelled Q-U-A-L-I-F-I-C-A-T-I-V-O (13 letters) and appears about once in every 12 million words in written Portuguese, the 104,744th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Qualificativo is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “qualifier” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “palavra que qualifica outra”.
What does qualificativo mean in English?
adjective
- 1
qualifying (which can qualify)
noun
- 1
masculinequalifier
adjetivo qualificativo
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. que qualifica; que exprime qualidade
noun: 1. palavra que qualifica outra
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 qualificativo
- qualificativa feminine
- qualificativos masculine plural
- qualificativas feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce qualificativo?
- Brazil /kwa.li.fi.kaˈt͡ʃi.vu/
- Portugal /kwɐ.li.fi.kɐˈti.vu/
- Portugal /kwɐ.li.fi.kɐˈti.bu/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is qualificativo in Portuguese?
qualificativo appears about once in every 12 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).