estímulo
Portuguese edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Latin stimulus (“goad; incentive”).
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Noun edit
estímulo m (plural estímulos)
- stimulus (anything that induces a person to take action)
- Synonym: incentivo
- (physiology) stimulus (something external that elicits or influences a physiological or psychological activity or response)
- (psychology) stimulus (anything effectively impinging upon any of the sensory apparatuses of a living organism)
- (economics) stimulus (a policy that attempts to improve the economy)
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Spanish edit
Etymology edit
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Noun edit
estímulo m (plural estímulos)
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Further reading edit
- “estímulo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014