cansativo

Portuguese

Etymology

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Ancient Greek κάμψαι (kámpsai)bor.

Latin campsāre

Portuguese cansar

Portuguese -tivo

Portuguese cansativo

From cansar (“to tire”) + -tivo.

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /kɐ̃.saˈt͡ʃi.vu/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /kɐ̃.sɐˈti.vu/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /kɐ̃.sɐˈti.vu/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /kɐ̃.sɐˈti.bu/ [kɐ̃.sɐˈti.βu]

• Hyphenation: can‧sa‧ti‧vo

Adjective

cansativo (feminine cansativa, masculine plural cansativos, feminine plural cansativas)

1. tiring; tiresome

Further reading

• “cansativo”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “cansativo”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026