subjuntivo
Portuguese
Alternative forms
- subjunctivo (obsolete)
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin subiunctīvus (“serving to join, connecting; of the subjunctive mode”), from subiungō (“to add, to join, to subjoin”), from sub- (“under”) + iungō (“to join”).
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /su.bi.ʒũˈt͡ʃi.vu/, /sub.ʒũˈt͡ʃi.vu/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /sub.ʒũˈt͡ʃi.vo/, /su.bi.ʒũˈt͡ʃi.vo/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /su.bʒũˈti.vu/ [su.βʒũˈti.vu]
- Hyphenation: sub‧jun‧ti‧vo
Noun
subjuntivo m (plural subjuntivos) (Brazil)
- (uncountable, grammar) subjunctive (subjunctive mood)
- Synonyms: (Portugal) conjuntivo, modo conjuntivo, (Brazil) modo subjuntivo
- a verb form in the subjunctive mood
- Synonym: (Portugal) conjuntivo
Usage notes
(modo) subjuntivo is preferred by the Nomenclatura Gramatical Brasileira; European Portuguese grammars tend to use the term (modo) conjuntivo instead.
Coordinate terms
- gerúndio, imperativo, indicativo, infinitivo, particípio
Derived terms
- modo subjuntivo, futuro do subjuntivo, presente do subjuntivo, pretérito imperfeito do subjuntivo
Adjective
subjuntivo (feminine subjuntiva, masculine plural subjuntivos, feminine plural subjuntivas, not comparable) (Brazil)
- (grammar, of a verb form) subjunctive (inflected in the subjunctive mood)
Further reading
- “subjuntivo” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin subiunctīvus.
Adjective
subjuntivo (feminine subjuntiva, masculine plural subjuntivos, feminine plural subjuntivas)
- subjunctive
Derived terms
- modo subjuntivo
Noun
subjuntivo m (plural subjuntivos)
- subjunctive mood
Derived terms
- futuro de subjuntivo
- imperfecto de subjuntivo
- presente de subjuntivo
Further reading
- “subjuntivo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014