cativo

Noun

cativo (plural cativos)

1. Prioria copaifera, a flowering tree of Central and South America.

Etymology

From Old Portuguese cativo, from Latin captīvus (“captive”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kaˈtiβo̝/

Noun

cativo m (plural cativos, feminine cativa, feminine plural cativas)

1. child

   Os cativos teñen que enredar

   Children must play

2. captive, prisoner

Adjective

cativo m (feminine singular cativa, masculine plural cativos, feminine plural cativas)

1. bad; of poor quality

   Está a chover; hoxe temos un tempo cativo

   It's raining; we have bad weather today

2. small
3. hapless
4. needy

References

• “cativo” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006-2012.
• “cativo” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006-2013.
• “cativo” in Santamarina, Antón (coord.): Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
• “cativo” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Etymology

From Old Portuguese cativo, probably a semi-learned borrowing from Latin captīvus.

Pronunciation

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /kɐ.ˈti.vu/
• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ka.ˈt͡ʃi.vu/
• Hyphenation: ca‧ti‧vo

Noun

cativo m (plural cativos, feminine cativa, feminine plural cativas)

1. captive, prisoner
2. slave

Verb

cativo

1. first-person singular (eu) present indicative of cativar