vocativo
Portuguese, noun/vo.kaˈt͡ʃi.vu/
vocativo is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “vocative case (case used when addressing someone)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “forma linguística usada para chamamento ou interpelação ao interlocutor no discurso direto, expressando-se…”.
What does vocativo mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinevocative case (case used when addressing someone)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. forma linguística usada para chamamento ou interpelação ao interlocutor no discurso direto, expressando-se por meio do apelativo, ou, em certas línguas, da flexão casual
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 vocativo
- vocativos plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce vocativo?
- Brazil /vo.kaˈt͡ʃi.vu/
- Portugal /vu.kɐˈti.vu/
- Portugal /bu.kɐˈti.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 vocativo
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is vocativo in Portuguese?
vocativo appears about once in every 7 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).