taxativo
Portuguese
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -ivu
- Hyphenation: tax‧a‧ti‧vo
Adjective
taxativo (feminine taxativa, masculine plural taxativos, feminine plural taxativas)
- categorical, absolute (having no exception)
- Synonym: categórico
Related terms
- taxa
Spanish
Etymology
From Latin taxātus, perfect passive participle of taxō (“to tax, to censor”), + -ivo.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /taɡsaˈtibo/ [t̪aɣ̞.saˈt̪i.β̞o]
- Rhymes: -ibo
- Syllabification: ta‧xa‧ti‧vo
Adjective
taxativo (feminine taxativa, masculine plural taxativos, feminine plural taxativas)
- (law) limited, restrictive
- categorical, absolute (not open to discussion)
Further reading
- “taxativo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014