contraceptivo
Portuguese
Alternative forms
Etymology
Borrowed from English contraceptive.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /kõ.tɾa.se.piˈt͡ʃi.vu/, /kõ.tɾa.sepˈt͡ʃi.vu/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /kõ.tɾa.sepˈt͡ʃi.vo/, /kõ.tɾa.se.piˈt͡ʃi.vo/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /kõ.tɾɐ.sɨˈpti.vu/
- (Northern Portugal) IPA(key): /kõ.tɾɐ.sɨˈpti.bu/ [kõ.tɾɐ.sɨˈpti.βu]
- Hyphenation: con‧tra‧cep‧ti‧vo
Adjective
contraceptivo (feminine contraceptiva, masculine plural contraceptivos, feminine plural contraceptivas, not comparable) (Brazilian Portuguese spelling, superseded in European Portuguese)
- contraceptive
- Synonym: anticoncepcional
Noun
contraceptivo m (plural contraceptivos) (Brazilian Portuguese spelling, superseded in European Portuguese)
- contraceptive
- Synonym: anticoncepcional
Further reading
- “contraceptivo”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
- “contraceptivo”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026
Spanish
Adjective
contraceptivo (feminine contraceptiva, masculine plural contraceptivos, feminine plural contraceptivas)
Noun
contraceptivo m (plural contraceptivos)
- contraceptive
- Synonyms: anticonceptivo, contraconceptivo, anticoncepcional
Further reading
- “contraceptivo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025