Italian

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Etymology

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Learned borrowing from Late Latin pūrgātīvus, from pūrgāre.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /pur.ɡaˈti.vo/
  • Rhymes: -ivo
  • Hyphenation: pur‧ga‧tì‧vo

Adjective

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purgativo (feminine purgativa, masculine plural purgativi, feminine plural purgative)

  1. (medicine) purgative

Noun

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purgativo m (plural purgativi)

  1. (pharmacology) purgative
    Synonym: purgante
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Further reading

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  • purgativo in Collins Italian-English Dictionary
  • purgativo in Aldo Gabrielli, Grandi Dizionario Italiano (Hoepli)
  • purgativo in garzantilinguistica.it – Garzanti Linguistica, De Agostini Scuola Spa
  • purgatìvo in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication
  • purgativo in sapere.it – De Agostini Editore
  • purgativo in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Latin

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pūrgātīvō

  1. dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of pūrgātīvus

Portuguese

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Etymology

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Learned borrowing from Late Latin pūrgātīvus. By surface analysis, purgar +‎ -tivo.

Pronunciation

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  • Rhymes: -ivu
  • Hyphenation: pur‧ga‧ti‧vo

Adjective

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purgativo (feminine purgativa, masculine plural purgativos, feminine plural purgativas)

  1. Synonym of purgante

Noun

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purgativo m (plural purgativos)

  1. (pharmacology) Synonym of laxante

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Spanish

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Etymology

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Learned borrowing from Late Latin pūrgātīvus, from pūrgāre.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /puɾɡaˈtibo/ [puɾ.ɣ̞aˈt̪i.β̞o]
  • Rhymes: -ibo
  • Syllabification: pur‧ga‧ti‧vo

Adjective

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purgativo (feminine purgativa, masculine plural purgativos, feminine plural purgativas)

  1. purgative

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