reflexo
Galician
Verb
reflexo
- first-person singular present indicative of reflexar
Latin
Participle
reflexō
- dative masculine singular of reflexus
- dative neuter singular of reflexus
- ablative masculine singular of reflexus
- ablative neuter singular of reflexus
Portuguese
Etymology
From Latin reflexus, past participle of reflectō (“I bend back; I reflect”).
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /ʁe.ˈflɛk.su/
- (South Brazil) IPA(key): /he.ˈflɛk.so/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /ʁɨ.ˈflɛk.su/
- Hyphenation: re‧fle‧xo
Noun
reflexo m (plural reflexos)
- reflex (automatic response)
- (optics) reflection (something, such as an image, that is reflected)
- quality or condition inherited or resulting from a previous quality or condition
Synonyms
- (reflection): reflexão
Adjective
reflexo m (feminine singular reflexa, masculine plural reflexos, feminine plural reflexas, comparable)
- reflex (produced automatically by a stimulus)
- (optics) reflected
- which is result of a previous quality or condition
- (grammar) reflexive
Synonyms
- (reflected): refletido
Derived terms
- reflexo condicionado
- reflexo de sucção
- reflexodiagnóstico
- reflexo gastrocólico
- reflexologia
- reflexo oculocardíaco
- reflexo patelar
- reflexo plantar
- reflexo prensar
- reflexo tendinoso
- reflexoterapia
Related terms
- refletido
- refletir
- refletividade
- refletivo
- refletor
- reflexão
- reflexibilidade
- reflexifloro
- reflexionar
- reflexivamente
- reflexível
- reflexividade
- reflexivo
- reflexógeno