retroactivamente
Portuguese, adverb
retroactivamente is spelled R-E-T-R-O-A-C-T-I-V-A-M-E-N-T-E (16 letters) and appears about once in every 68 million words in written Portuguese, the 227,016th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Retroactivamente is a Portuguese adverb meaning “pre-reform spelling (used until 1943 in Brazil and 1990 in Portugal) of retroativamente; still used where the agreement hasn’t come into…” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does retroactivamente mean in English?
adverb
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pre-reform spelling (used until 1943 in Brazil and 1990 in Portugal) of retroativamente; still used where the agreement hasn’t come into effect and may occur as a sporadic misspelling
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How common is retroactivamente in Portuguese?
retroactivamente appears about once in every 68 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).