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Pronunciation
Noun
optativo (accusative singular optativon, plural optativoj, accusative plural optativojn)
- (grammar) optative mood
Galician
Adjective
optativo (feminine optativa, masculine plural optativos, feminine plural optativas)
- optional (left to personal choice)
- Synonym: opcional
- Antonym: obrigatorio
Derived terms
Latin
Pronunciation
Adjective
optātīvō
- dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of optātīvus
Portuguese
Etymology
From Latin optātīvus.
Pronunciation
Adjective
optativo (feminine optativa, masculine plural optativos, feminine plural optativas, not comparable)
- optional (left to personal choice)
- Synonym: opcional
- Antonym: obrigatório
Derived terms
Noun
optativo m (uncountable)
- optative mood
Further reading
- “optativo”, in iDicionário Aulete (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2024
- “optativo”, in Dicionário inFormal (in Portuguese), 2006–2024
- “optativo” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
- “optativo”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024
- “optativo”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2024
- “optativo”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin optātīvus.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /obtaˈtibo/
- Rhymes: -ibo
- Syllabification: op‧ta‧ti‧vo
Adjective
optativo (feminine optativa, masculine plural optativos, feminine plural optativas)
- optional (left to personal choice)
- Synonym: opcional
- Antonym: obligatorio
Derived terms
Noun
optativo m (uncountable)
- optative mood
- Synonym: modo optativo
Further reading