subjuntivo

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• subjunctivo (obsolete)

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin subiunctīvus (“serving to join, connecting; of the subjunctive mode”), from subiungō (“to add, to join, to subjoin”), from sub- (“under”) + iungō (“to join”).

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: sub‧jun‧ti‧vo

Noun

subjuntivo m (plural subjuntivos) (Brazil)

1. (uncountable, grammar) subjunctive (subjunctive mood)

   Synonyms: (Portugal) conjuntivo, modo conjuntivo, (Brazil) modo subjuntivo

2. a verb form in the subjunctive mood

   Synonym: (Portugal) conjuntivo

Usage notes

(modo) subjuntivo is preferred by the Nomenclatura Gramatical Brasileira; European Portuguese grammars tend to use the term (modo) conjuntivo instead.

Coordinate terms

• gerúndio, imperativo, indicativo, infinitivo, particípio

Derived terms

• modo subjuntivo, futuro do subjuntivo, presente do subjuntivo, pretérito imperfeito do subjuntivo

Adjective

subjuntivo (feminine subjuntiva, masculine plural subjuntivos, feminine plural subjuntivas, not comparable) (Brazil)

1. (grammar, of a verb form) subjunctive (inflected in the subjunctive mood)

Further reading

• “subjuntivo” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin subiunctīvus (“serving to join, connecting; of the subjunctive mode”), from subiungō (“to add, to join, to subjoin”), from sub- (“under”) + iungō (“to join”).

Adjective

subjuntivo (feminine subjuntiva, masculine plural subjuntivos, feminine plural subjuntivas)

1. subjunctive

Derived terms

Noun

subjuntivo m (plural subjuntivos)

1. subjunctive mood

Derived terms

Further reading

• “subjuntivo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014