correctivo

Portuguese

Adjective

correctivo (feminine correctiva, masculine plural correctivos, feminine plural correctivas)

  1. pre-reform spelling (used until 1943 in Brazil and 1990 in Portugal) of corretivo; still used where the agreement hasn’t come into effect and may occur as a sporadic misspelling

Noun

correctivo m (plural correctivos)

  1. pre-reform spelling (used until 1943 in Brazil and 1990 in Portugal) of corretivo; still used where the agreement hasn’t come into effect and may occur as a sporadic misspelling

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin correctivus, from correctus.

Adjective

correctivo (feminine correctiva, masculine plural correctivos, feminine plural correctivas)

  1. corrective

Derived terms

Noun

correctivo m (plural correctivos)

  1. corrective, punishment

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