seletivo
Portuguese, adjective/se.leˈt͡ʃi.vu/
seletivo is spelled S-E-L-E-T-I-V-O (8 letters) and appears 3.9 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 14,534th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Seletivo is a Portuguese adjective meaning “selective” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “que faz seleção”.
What does seletivo mean in English?
adjective
- 1
selective
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. que faz seleção 2. que responde melhor a uma frequência do que a 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 seletivo
- seletiva feminine
- seletivos masculine plural
- seletivas feminine plural
- selectivo alternative
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce seletivo?
- Brazil /se.leˈt͡ʃi.vu/
- Portugal /sɨ.lɛˈti.vu/
- Portugal /sɨ.lɛˈti.bu/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to seletivo
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is seletivo in Portuguese?
seletivo appears 3.9 times per million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).