corretivo
Portuguese
Alternative forms
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin corrēctīvus, from corrēctus.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /ko.ʁeˈt͡ʃi.vu/ [ko.heˈt͡ʃi.vu]
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /ko.ʁeˈt͡ʃi.vu/ [ko.χeˈt͡ʃi.vu]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ko.ʁeˈt͡ʃi.vo/ [ko.heˈt͡ʃi.vo]
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /ku.ʁɛˈti.vu/
- (Northern Portugal) IPA(key): /ku.ʁɛˈti.bu/ [ku.ʁɛˈti.βu]
- Rhymes: -ivu
- Hyphenation: cor‧re‧ti‧vo
Adjective
corretivo (feminine corretiva, masculine plural corretivos, feminine plural corretivas)
- corrective (pertaining to correction)
- Synonym: corretor
Noun
corretivo m (plural corretivos)
- whiteout (fluid used to cover writing mistakes)
- Synonyms: corretor, (Brazil, regional) branquinho, (São Paulo, regional) errorex
- (Brazil, informal) beating or spanking
- concealer (cosmetic designed to cover blemishes)
- Synonym: corretor
Further reading
- “corretivo”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
- “corretivo”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026