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volitivo

Portuguese, adjective/vo.liˈt͡ʃi.vu/

volitivo is a Portuguese adjective meaning “voluntary” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “relativo à vontade”.

What does volitivo mean in English?

adjective

  1. 1

    voluntary

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

How Portuguese dictionaries define it

adjective: 1. relativo à vontade

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 volitivo

  • volitiva feminine
  • volitivos masculine plural
  • volitivas feminine plural

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

How do you pronounce volitivo?

  • Brazil /vo.liˈt͡ʃi.vu/
  • Portugal /vu.liˈti.vu/
  • Portugal /bu.liˈti.bu/

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

How common is volitivo in Portuguese?

volitivo appears about once in every 65 million words in written Portuguese.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).