inquisitivo
Italian
Etymology
From Latin inquīsītīvus.
Adjective
inquisitivo (feminine inquisitiva, masculine plural inquisitivi, feminine plural inquisitive)
Portuguese
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin inquīsītīvus.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /ĩ.ki.ziˈt͡ʃi.vu/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ĩ.ki.ziˈt͡ʃi.vo/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /ĩ.ki.ziˈti.vu/
- (Northern Portugal) IPA(key): /ĩ.ki.ziˈti.bu/ [ĩ.ki.ziˈti.βu]
- Hyphenation: in‧qui‧si‧ti‧vo
Adjective
inquisitivo (feminine inquisitiva, masculine plural inquisitivos, feminine plural inquisitivas)
- inquisitive (eager to acquire knowledge)
- inquisitive (too curious)
Spanish
Etymology
From Latin inquīsītīvus.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /inkisiˈtibo/ [ĩŋ.ki.siˈt̪i.β̞o]
- Rhymes: -ibo
- Syllabification: in‧qui‧si‧ti‧vo
Adjective
inquisitivo (feminine inquisitiva, masculine plural inquisitivos, feminine plural inquisitivas)
- inquisitive
- Synonym: curioso
- investigative
- Synonym: investigativo
Related terms
Further reading
- “inquisitivo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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