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retroatividade

Portuguese, noun/ˌʁɛ.tɾo.a.t͡ʃi.viˈda.d͡ʒi/

retroatividade is spelled R-E-T-R-O-A-T-I-V-I-D-A-D-E (14 letters) and appears about once in every 16 million words in written Portuguese, the 120,815th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Retroatividade is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “retroactivity” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “qualidade ou caráter do que é retroativo”.

What does retroatividade mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    feminineretroactivity

Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How Portuguese dictionaries define it

noun: 1. qualidade ou caráter do que é retroativo 2. extensão, a fatos pretéritos, dos efeitos de uma lei, de um julgamento, de um ato jurídico etc.; retroprojeção

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 retroatividade

  • retroatividades plural

Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce retroatividade?

  • Brazil /ˌʁɛ.tɾo.a.t͡ʃi.viˈda.d͡ʒi/
  • Brazil [ˌhɛ.tɾo.a.t͡ʃi.viˈda.d͡ʒi]
  • Portugal /Rɛ.tɾɔ.a.ti.vi.ˈda.dɨ/

Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

How common is retroatividade in Portuguese?

retroatividade appears about once in every 16 million words in written Portuguese.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

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