-tivo
Portuguese, suffix
-tivo is spelled T-I-V-O (4 letters). -tivo is a Portuguese suffix meaning “-ive (adjectival suffix: of the nature of; tending to)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “sufixo formador de adjetivos a partir de verbos”.
What does -tivo mean in English?
suffix
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-ive (adjectival suffix: of the nature of; tending to)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
suffix: 1. sufixo formador de adjetivos a partir de verbos
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.