retroactivo

Portuguese

Adjective

retroactivo (feminine retroactiva, masculine plural retroactivos, feminine plural retroactivas)

1. Pre-reform spelling (until Brazil 1943/Portugal 1990) of retroativo. Still used in countries where the agreement hasn't come into effect; may occur as a sporadic misspelling.

Spanish

Etymology

From retro- +‎ activo.

Adjective

retroactivo (feminine retroactiva, masculine plural retroactivos, feminine plural retroactivas)

1. retroactive

Derived terms

• retroactivamente
• retroactividad

 

Further reading

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