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subjuntivo

Portuguese, noun/su.bi.ʒũˈt͡ʃi.vu/

subjuntivo is spelled S-U-B-J-U-N-T-I-V-O (10 letters) and appears about once in every 6 million words in written Portuguese, the 76,181st most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Subjuntivo is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “subjunctive (subjunctive mood)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “o modo conjuntivo”.

What does subjuntivo mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    Brazilmasculinesubjunctive (subjunctive mood)

  2. 2

    Brazilmasculinea verb form in the subjunctive mood

adjective

  1. 1

    Brazilsubjunctive (inflected in the subjunctive mood)

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

How Portuguese dictionaries define it

adjective: 1. subordinado 2. dependente

noun: 1. o modo conjuntivo

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 subjuntivo

  • subjuntivos plural
  • subjunctivo alternative obsolete
  • subjuntiva feminine
  • subjuntivas feminine plural

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

How do you pronounce subjuntivo?

  • Brazil /su.bi.ʒũˈt͡ʃi.vu/
  • Brazil /sub.ʒũˈt͡ʃi.vu/
  • Portugal /sub.ʒũˈti.vu/

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

How common is subjuntivo in Portuguese?

subjuntivo 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).

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