sensitivo

Italian

Etymology

From Latin sēnsitīvus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sen.siˈti.vo/
• Rhymes: -ivo
• Hyphenation: sen‧si‧tì‧vo

Adjective

sensitivo (feminine sensitiva, masculine plural sensitivi, feminine plural sensitive)

1. sensory
2. sensitive, susceptible

Derived terms

• sensitivamente

Noun

sensitivo m (plural sensitivi, feminine sensitiva)

1. a sensitive person
2. a medium, psychic

Further reading

• sensitivo in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Anagrams

• insistevo, ostensivi

Latin

Adjective

sēnsitīvō

1. dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of sēnsitīvus

Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin sēnsitīvus.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /sẽ.siˈt͡ʃi.vu/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /sẽ.siˈt͡ʃi.vu/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /sẽ.siˈt͡ʃi.vo/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /sẽ.siˈti.vu/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /sẽ.siˈti.vu/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /sẽ.siˈti.bu/ [sẽ.siˈti.βu]

• Hyphenation: sen‧si‧ti‧vo

Adjective

sensitivo (feminine sensitiva, masculine plural sensitivos, feminine plural sensitivas)

1. sensitive (pertaining to the senses)
2. sensitive (responsive to stimuli)
3. (parapsychology) having or relating to psychic powers

Noun

sensitivo m (plural sensitivos, feminine sensitiva, feminine plural sensitivas)

1. (parapsychology) psychic (a person who possesses extra-sensory abilities)

Related terms

• sensível
• sentir

 

Further reading

• “sensitivo”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin sēnsitīvus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sensiˈtibo/ [sẽn.siˈt̪i.β̞o]
• Rhymes: -ibo
• Syllabification: sen‧si‧ti‧vo

Adjective

sensitivo (feminine sensitiva, masculine plural sensitivos, feminine plural sensitivas)

1. sensitive
2. sentient

Further reading

• “sensitivo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy, 2023 November 28