adoptivo
Latin
Adjective
adoptīvō
- dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of adoptīvus
Portuguese
Adjective
adoptivo (feminine adoptiva, masculine plural adoptivos, feminine plural adoptivas)
- Superseded spelling of adotivo. (Superseded in Brazil by the 1943 spelling reform and by the Portuguese Language Orthographic Agreement of 1990 elsewhere. Still used in countries where the agreement hasn’t come into effect and as an alternative spelling in Portugal.)
Spanish
Etymology
From Latin adoptīvus.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /adobˈtibo/ [a.ð̞oβ̞ˈt̪i.β̞o]
- Rhymes: -ibo
- Syllabification: a‧dop‧ti‧vo
Adjective
adoptivo (feminine adoptiva, masculine plural adoptivos, feminine plural adoptivas)
- foster, adoptive (providing parental care to unrelated children)
- foster (receiving such care)
Derived terms
- madre adoptiva
- padre adoptivo
Related terms
- adoptar
- adopción
Further reading
- “adoptivo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014