paliativo
Portuguese
Alternative forms
- palliativo (obsolete)
Etymology
From paliar (“to palliate”) + -t- + -ivo (“-ive”), from Medieval Latin palliāre (“to cloak”), from Latin pallium (“a cloak”).
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /pa.li.aˈt͡ʃi.vu/ [pa.lɪ.aˈt͡ʃi.vu], (faster pronunciation) /pa.ljaˈt͡ʃi.vu/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /pa.li.aˈt͡ʃi.vo/ [pa.lɪ.aˈt͡ʃi.vo], (faster pronunciation) /pa.ljaˈt͡ʃi.vo/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /pɐ.ljɐˈti.vu/
- Rhymes: -ivu
- Hyphenation: pa‧li‧a‧ti‧vo
Adjective
paliativo (feminine paliativa, masculine plural paliativos, feminine plural paliativas)
- (medicine) palliative (reducing progression and relieving symptoms)
Noun
paliativo m (plural paliativos)
- (medicine) a palliative medicine
- (figuratively) anything figuratively functioning like palliatives
Further reading
- “paliativo” in iDicionário Aulete.
- “paliativo” in Dicionário inFormal.
- “paliativo” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
- “paliativo” in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa. Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2023.
- “paliativo” in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa.
- “paliativo” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.
Spanish
Etymology
Paliar (“to palliate”) + -t- (“-ive”) + -ivo, from Medieval Latin palliāre (“to cloak”), from Latin pallium (“a cloak”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /paljaˈtibo/ [pa.ljaˈt̪i.β̞o]
- Rhymes: -ibo
- Syllabification: pa‧lia‧ti‧vo
Adjective
paliativo (feminine paliativa, masculine plural paliativos, feminine plural paliativas)
- (medicine) palliative
Noun
paliativo m (plural paliativos)
- (medicine) palliative
Further reading
- “paliativo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014