subjuntivo
Portuguese
Alternative forms
- subjunctivo (obsolete)
Etymology
From Latin subiunctīvus (“serving to join, connecting; of the subjunctive mode”), from subiungō (“I add, I join, I subjoin”), from sub- (“under”) + iungō (“I join”).
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˌsub.ʒũ.ˈt͡ʃi.vu/, /ˌsu.bi.ʒũ.ˈt͡ʃi.vu/
- (South Brazil) IPA(key): /ˌsub.ʒũ.ˈt͡ʃi.vo/, /ˌsu.bi.ʒũ.ˈt͡ʃi.vo/
- Hyphenation: sub‧jun‧ti‧vo
Noun
subjuntivo m (plural subjuntivos) (Brazil)
- (uncountable, grammar) subjunctive (subjunctive mood)
- Synonyms: conjuntivo (Portugal), modo conjuntivo (Portugal), modo subjuntivo (Brazil)
- a verb form in the subjunctive mood
- Synonym: conjuntivo (Portugal)
Usage notes
(modo) subjuntivo is preferred by the Nomenclatura Gramatical Brasileira; European Portuguese grammars tend to use the term (modo) conjuntivo instead.
Coordinate terms
Derived terms
- modo subjuntivo, futuro do subjuntivo, presente do subjuntivo, pretérito imperfeito do subjuntivo
Adjective
subjuntivo m (feminine singular subjuntiva, masculine plural subjuntivos, feminine plural subjuntivas, not comparable) (Brazil)
- (grammar, of a verb form) subjunctive (inflected in the subjunctive mood)
Spanish
Adjective
subjuntivo (feminine singular subjuntiva, masculine plural subjuntivos, feminine plural subjuntivas)
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