subjuntivo
Portuguese edit
Alternative forms edit
- subjunctivo (obsolete)
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Latin subiunctīvus (“serving to join, connecting; of the subjunctive mode”), from subiungō (“to add, to join, to subjoin”), from sub- (“under”) + iungō (“to join”).
Pronunciation edit
- Hyphenation: sub‧jun‧ti‧vo
Noun edit
subjuntivo m (plural subjuntivos) (Brazil)
- (uncountable, grammar) subjunctive (subjunctive mood)
- Synonyms: (Portugal) conjuntivo, modo conjuntivo, (Brazil) modo subjuntivo
- a verb form in the subjunctive mood
- Synonym: (Portugal) conjuntivo
Usage notes edit
(modo) subjuntivo is preferred by the Nomenclatura Gramatical Brasileira; European Portuguese grammars tend to use the term (modo) conjuntivo instead.
Coordinate terms edit
Derived terms edit
Adjective edit
subjuntivo (feminine subjuntiva, masculine plural subjuntivos, feminine plural subjuntivas, not comparable) (Brazil)
- (grammar, of a verb form) subjunctive (inflected in the subjunctive mood)
Further reading edit
- “subjuntivo” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.
Spanish edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Latin subiunctīvus.
Adjective edit
subjuntivo (feminine subjuntiva, masculine plural subjuntivos, feminine plural subjuntivas)
Derived terms edit
Noun edit
subjuntivo m (plural subjuntivos)
- subjunctive mood
Derived terms edit
Further reading edit
- “subjuntivo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014