respetivo
Portuguese
Etymology
Semi-learned borrowing from Latin respectus. Doublet of respeito.
Pronunciation
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /ʁɨʃ.pɛˈti.vu/
- (Northern Portugal) IPA(key): /ʁɨʃ.pɛˈti.bu/ [ʁɨʃ.pɛˈti.βu]
- Rhymes: -ivu
- Hyphenation: res‧pe‧ti‧vo
Adjective
respetivo (feminine respetiva, masculine plural respetivos, feminine plural respetivas)
- European Portuguese standard spelling of respectivo
Further reading
- “respetivo”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
- “respetivo”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026
Spanish
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /respeˈtibo/ [res.peˈt̪i.β̞o]
- Rhymes: -ibo
- Syllabification: res‧pe‧ti‧vo
Adjective
respetivo (feminine respetiva, masculine plural respetivos, feminine plural respetivas)
- synonym of respetuoso
Further reading
- “respetivo”, 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