perceptivo

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• percetivo (Portugal)

Etymology

Formed from Latin perceptus +‎ -ivo, based on French perceptif, or borrowed from Medieval Latin perceptīvus.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /peʁ.sepˈt͡ʃi.vu/ [peh.sepˈt͡ʃi.vu]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /peʁ.sepˈt͡ʃi.vu/ [peh.sepˈt͡ʃi.vu]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /peɾ.sepˈt͡ʃi.vu/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /peʁ.sepˈt͡ʃi.vu/ [peχ.sepˈt͡ʃi.vu]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /peɻ.sepˈt͡ʃi.vo/

• Rhymes: -ivu
• Hyphenation: per‧cep‧ti‧vo

Adjective

perceptivo (feminine perceptiva, masculine plural perceptivos, feminine plural perceptivas) (Brazilian Portuguese spelling)

1. perceptive (having perception: insight, understanding or intuition)

   Synonym: perspicaz

Related terms

• perceber
• percepção

Further reading

• “perceptivo”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024

Spanish

Etymology

Formed from Latin perceptus +‎ -ivo, based on French perceptif, or borrowed from Medieval Latin perceptivus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /peɾθebˈtibo/ [peɾ.θeβ̞ˈt̪i.β̞o]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /peɾsebˈtibo/ [peɾ.seβ̞ˈt̪i.β̞o]
• Rhymes: -ibo
• Syllabification: per‧cep‧ti‧vo

Adjective

perceptivo (feminine perceptiva, masculine plural perceptivos, feminine plural perceptivas)

1. perceptive (having perception: insight, understanding or intuition)

   Synonym: perspicaz

2. perceptual

   Synonym: perceptual

Related terms

• percepción
• percibir

 

Further reading

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