respectivo

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• respetivo (Portugal)

Etymology

From Medieval Latin respectīvus, from Latin respectus (compare respeito).

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʁes.pe.kiˈt͡ʃi.vu/ [hes.pe.kiˈt͡ʃi.vu], /ʁes.pekˈt͡ʃi.vu/ [hes.pekˈt͡ʃi.vu]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʁes.pe.kiˈt͡ʃi.vu/ [hes.pe.kiˈt͡ʃi.vu], /ʁes.pekˈt͡ʃi.vu/ [hes.pekˈt͡ʃi.vu]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ʁeʃ.pe.kiˈt͡ʃi.vu/ [χeʃ.pe.kiˈt͡ʃi.vu], /ʁeʃ.pekˈt͡ʃi.vu/ [χeʃ.pekˈt͡ʃi.vu]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʁes.pekˈt͡ʃi.vo/ [hes.pekˈt͡ʃi.vo], /ʁes.pe.kiˈt͡ʃi.vo/ [hes.pe.kiˈt͡ʃi.vo]

• Rhymes: -ivu
• Hyphenation: res‧pec‧ti‧vo

Adjective

respectivo (feminine respectiva, masculine plural respectivos, feminine plural respectivas) (Brazilian Portuguese spelling, superseded in European Portuguese)

1. respective
2. own; personal

Further reading

• “respectivo”, in iDicionário Aulete (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025
• “respectivo”, in Dicionário inFormal (in Portuguese), 2006–2025
• “respectivo” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
• “respectivo”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
• “respectivo”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2025
• “respectivo”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

Spanish

Etymology

From Medieval Latin respectivus, from Latin respectus (compare respeto).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /respeɡˈtibo/ [res.peɣ̞ˈt̪i.β̞o]
• Rhymes: -ibo
• Syllabification: res‧pec‧ti‧vo

Adjective

respectivo (feminine respectiva, masculine plural respectivos, feminine plural respectivas)

1. respective

Further reading

• “respectivo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10