retroativo
Portuguese, noun/ʁɛ.tɾu.aˈt͡ʃi.vu/
retroativo is spelled R-E-T-R-O-A-T-I-V-O (10 letters) and appears about once in every 6 million words in written Portuguese, the 76,994th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Retroativo is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “retroactive payment” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does retroativo mean in English?
adjective
- 1
retroactive
noun
- 1
masculineretroactive payment
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. que age ou tem efeito sobre o passado: 2. que modifica o que fora feito antes.
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 retroativo
- retroativa feminine
- retroativos masculine plural
- retroativas feminine plural
- retroactivo alternative
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce retroativo?
- Brazil /ʁɛ.tɾu.aˈt͡ʃi.vu/
- Brazil [hɛ.tɾu.aˈt͡ʃi.vu]
- Brazil /ʁɛ.tɾwaˈt͡ʃi.vu/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to retroativo
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is retroativo in Portuguese?
retroativo appears about once in every 6 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).