expletiva

Catalan

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): (Central) [əks.pləˈti.βə]

IPA^(key): (Balearic) [əks.pləˈti.və]

IPA^(key): (Valencian) [eks.pleˈti.va]

Adjective

expletiva

feminine singular of expletiu

Portuguese

Pronunciation

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /(i)ʃ.plɛˈti.vɐ/, /ɐjʃ.plɛˈti.vɐ/
- (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /(i)ʃ.plɛˈti.bɐ/ [(i)ʃ.plɛˈti.βɐ], /ejʃ.plɛˈti.bɐ/ [ejʃ.plɛˈti.βɐ]
- (Central Portugal) IPA^(key): /(i)ʃ.plɛˈti.vɐ/, /ejʃ.plɛˈti.vɐ/
- (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /(i)ʃ.plɛˈti.vɐ/, /eʃ.plɛˈti.vɐ/

Hyphenation: ex‧ple‧ti‧va

Etymology 1

Feminine substantive of expletivo.

Noun

expletiva f (plural expletivas)

(grammar) expletive (word that performs a syntactic role but contributes nothing to meaning)
Synonym: expletivo

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Adjective

expletiva

feminine singular of expletivo

Further reading

“expletiva” in iDicionário Aulete.
“expletiva” in Dicionário inFormal.
“expletiva” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
“expletiva” in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa. Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024.
“expletiva” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.

Spanish

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /eɡspleˈtiba/ [eɣ̞s.pleˈt̪i.β̞a]
Rhymes: -iba
Syllabification: ex‧ple‧ti‧va

Adjective

expletiva

feminine singular of expletivo

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