chamativo
Portuguese
Etymology
From chamar (“to call”) + -tivo.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /ʃa.maˈt͡ʃi.vu/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ʃa.maˈt͡ʃi.vo/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /ʃɐ.mɐˈti.vu/
- (Northern Portugal) IPA(key): /t͡ʃɐ.mɐˈti.bu/ [t͡ʃɐ.mɐˈti.βu]
- Hyphenation: cha‧ma‧ti‧vo
Adjective
chamativo (feminine chamativa, masculine plural chamativos, feminine plural chamativas)
- eye-catching, attention-grabbing
- Synonym: vistoso
Further reading
- “chamativo”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
- “chamativo”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026