sensitiva
Portuguese, noun/sẽ.siˈt͡ʃi.vɐ/
sensitiva is spelled S-E-N-S-I-T-I-V-A (9 letters) and appears about once in every 3 million words in written Portuguese, the 52,632nd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Sensitiva is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “female equivalent of sensitivo” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a feminine singular of sensitivo. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “planta mimósea cujas folhas têm a propriedade de se retrair quando se lhes toca”.
What does sensitiva mean in English?
adjective
- 1
femininefeminine singular of sensitivo
noun
- 1
femininefemale equivalent of sensitivo
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. planta mimósea cujas folhas têm a propriedade de se retrair quando se lhes toca
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 sensitiva
- sensitivas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce sensitiva?
- Brazil /sẽ.siˈt͡ʃi.vɐ/
- Portugal /sẽ.siˈti.vɐ/
- Portugal /sẽ.siˈti.bɐ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is sensitiva in Portuguese?
sensitiva appears about once in every 3 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).