cautivo

See also: cautivó

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kauˈtibo/ [kau̯ˈt̪i.β̞o]
• Rhymes: -ibo
• Syllabification: cau‧ti‧vo

Etymology 1

Semi-learned borrowing from Latin captīvus. Compare the variant cativo, now rare, which shows the inherited outcome.

Alternative forms

• cativo (regional or rare)
• captivo (rare)

Adjective

cautivo (feminine cautiva, masculine plural cautivos, feminine plural cautivas)

1. captive

Derived terms

• cautiverio

 

Noun

cautivo m (plural cautivos, feminine cautiva, feminine plural cautivas)

1. captive

Etymology 2

Verb

cautivo

1. first-person singular present indicative of cautivar

Further reading

• “cautivo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014