# imperativo
## Esperanto
### Etymology

From Latin imperātīvus.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [imperaˈtivo]
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -ivo
* Hyphenation: im‧pe‧ra‧ti‧vo

### Noun

imperativo (uncountable, accusative imperativon)
* (grammar) imperative

#### Descendants

* Ido: imperativo

## Italian
### Etymology

Probably borrowed from Latin imperātīvus.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /im.pe.raˈti.vo/
* Rhymes: -ivo
* Hyphenation: im‧pe‧ra‧tì‧vo

### Adjective

imperativo (feminine imperativa, masculine plural imperativi, feminine plural imperative)
* imperative

#### Derived terms

* imperativamente
* imperatività

#### Related terms

* imperare

### Noun

imperativo m (plural imperativi)
* (grammar) imperative

#### Derived terms

* imperativale (“imperatival”, adjective)

### Further reading

* imperativo in Collins Italian-English Dictionary
* imperativo in Aldo Gabrielli, Grandi Dizionario Italiano (Hoepli)
* imperativo in garzantilinguistica.it – Garzanti Linguistica, De Agostini Scuola Spa
* imperativo in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication
* imperativo in sapere.it – De Agostini Editore
* imperativo in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

### Anagrams

* impoverita

## Latin
### Pronunciation

* (Classical Latin) IPA: /im.pe.raːˈtiː.u̯oː/, [ɪmpɛräːˈt̪iːu̯oː]
* (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA: /im.pe.raˈti.vo/, [imperäˈt̪iːvo]

### Adjective

imperātīvō
* dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of imperātīvus

## Portuguese
### Etymology

Borrowed from Latin imperātīvus.

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /ĩ.pe.ɾaˈt͡ʃi.vu/
* (Brazil) IPA: /ĩ.pe.ɾaˈt͡ʃi.vu/
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /ĩ.pe.ɾaˈt͡ʃi.vo/
* (Portugal) IPA: /ĩ.pɨ.ɾɐˈti.vu/
* (Portugal) IPA: /ĩ.pɨ.ɾɐˈti.vu/
** (Northern Portugal) IPA: /ĩ.pɨ.ɾɐˈti.bu/ [ĩ.pɨ.ɾɐˈti.βu]
* Hyphenation: im‧pe‧ra‧ti‧vo

### Adjective

imperativo (feminine imperativa, masculine plural imperativos, feminine plural imperativas)
* imperative (expressing a command)

#### Related terms

* imperador
* imperar

### Noun

imperativo m (plural imperativos)
* (grammar) imperative mood
* order; command

### Further reading

* “imperativo”, in iDicionário Aulete (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025
* “imperativo”, in Dicionário inFormal (in Portuguese), 2006–2025
* “imperativo” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
* “imperativo”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
* “imperativo”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2025
* “imperativo”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

## Spanish
### Etymology

Borrowed from Latin imperātīvus.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /impeɾaˈtibo/ [ĩm.pe.ɾaˈt̪i.β̞o]
* Rhymes: -ibo
* Syllabification: im‧pe‧ra‧ti‧vo

### Adjective

imperativo (feminine imperativa, masculine plural imperativos, feminine plural imperativas)
* imperative

#### Derived terms

* modo imperativo

### Noun

imperativo m (plural imperativos)
* imperative (necessity)
* (grammar) imperative
    Hyponyms: imperativo categórico, imperativo lexicalizado, imperativo retrospectivo

#### Related terms

* imperar

### Further reading

* “imperativo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10