tensoativo
Portuguese, noun/tẽ.so.aˈt͡ʃi.vu/
tensoativo is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “surfactant (agent that reduces the surface tension of a liquid)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does tensoativo mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinesurfactant (agent that reduces the surface tension of a liquid)
adjective
- 1
which reduces the surface tension of a liquid
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Forms of tensoativo
- tensoativos plural
- tensioativo alternative
- tensoativa feminine
- tensoativas feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce tensoativo?
- Brazil /tẽ.so.aˈt͡ʃi.vu/
- Portugal /tẽ.swɐˈti.vu/
- Portugal /tẽ.swɐˈti.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 tensoativo
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is tensoativo in Portuguese?
tensoativo appears about once in every 27 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).