contraceptivo

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• contracetivo (Portugal)

Etymology

Borrowed from English contraceptive.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /kõ.tɾa.se.piˈt͡ʃi.vu/, /kõ.tɾa.sepˈt͡ʃi.vu/

• (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/

• (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contraceptiva, masculine plural contraceptivos, feminine plural contraceptivas, not comparable) (Brazilian spelling, superseded in European Portuguese)

1. contraceptive

   Synonym: anticoncepcional

Noun

contraceptivo m (plural contraceptivos) (Brazilian spelling, superseded in European Portuguese)

1. contraceptive

   Synonym: anticoncepcional

Spanish

Adjective

contraceptivo (feminine contraceptiva, masculine plural contraceptivos, feminine plural contraceptivas)

1. contraceptive

Noun

contraceptivo m (plural contraceptivos)

1. contraceptive

   Synonyms: anticonceptivo, contraconceptivo, anticoncepcional

Further reading

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