antipassivo

Portuguese

Etymology

From anti- +‎ passivo.

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˌɐ̃.t͡ʃi.paˈsi.vu/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˌɐ̃.t͡ʃi.paˈsi.vo/

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˌɐ̃.ti.pɐˈsi.vu/
- (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˌɐ̃.ti.pɐˈsi.bu/ [ˌɐ̃.ti.pɐˈsi.βu]

Adjective

antipassivo (feminine antipassiva, masculine plural antipassivos, feminine plural antipassivas)

(linguistics) antipassive (relating to the antipassive voice)

Further reading

“antipassivo”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026