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Galician
Adjective
explosivo (feminine explosiva, masculine plural explosivos, feminine plural explosivas)
- explosive
Derived terms
Noun
explosivo m (plural explosivos)
- explosive
Further reading
Portuguese
Etymology
From French explosif, ultimately from Latin explōsus, remodelled with the cognate suffix -ivo.
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -ivu
- Hyphenation: ex‧plo‧si‧vo
Adjective
explosivo (feminine explosiva, masculine plural explosivos, feminine plural explosivas)
- explosive
Derived terms
Noun
explosivo m (plural explosivos)
- explosive (material)
Further reading
- “explosivo”, in iDicionário Aulete (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2024
- “explosivo”, in Dicionário inFormal (in Portuguese), 2006–2024
- “explosivo” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
- “explosivo”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024
- “explosivo”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2024
- “explosivo”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from French explosif, ultimately from Latin explōsus, remodelled with the cognate suffix -ivo.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /eɡsploˈsibo/
- Rhymes: -ibo
- Syllabification: ex‧plo‧si‧vo
Adjective
explosivo (feminine explosiva, masculine plural explosivos, feminine plural explosivas)
- explosive
Derived terms
Noun
explosivo m (plural explosivos)
- explosive
Further reading