elusivo
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Italian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Latin ēlūsus + -ivo, from the perfect passive participle of ēlūdō (“to deceive, to escape”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]elusivo (feminine elusiva, masculine plural elusivi, feminine plural elusive)
Derived terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- elusivo in Collins Italian-English Dictionary
- elusivo in Aldo Gabrielli, Grandi Dizionario Italiano (Hoepli)
- elusivo in garzantilinguistica.it – Garzanti Linguistica, De Agostini Scuola Spa
- elusìvo in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication
- elusivo in sapere.it – De Agostini Editore
- eluṡivo in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
Portuguese
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Latin ēlūsus + -ivo, from the perfect passive participle of ēlūdō (“to deceive, to escape”). Possibly a loan from English elusive or French élusif, themselves derived from Latin.
Pronunciation
[edit]
Adjective
[edit]elusivo (feminine elusiva, masculine plural elusivos, feminine plural elusivas)
- elusive (evading capture, comprehension or remembrance)
- Synonym: fugidio
- elusive (difficult to describe)
Related terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “elusivo”, in iDicionário Aulete (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2024
- “elusivo”, in Dicionário inFormal (in Portuguese), 2006–2024
- “elusivo”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024
- “elusivo”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2024
- “elusivo”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024
Spanish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Latin ēlūsus + -ivo, from the perfect passive participle of ēlūdō (“to deceive, to escape”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]elusivo (feminine elusiva, masculine plural elusivos, feminine plural elusivas)
- elusive
- Synonym: escurridizo
- evasive
- Synonym: evasivo
Related terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “elusivo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28
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- Italian terms derived from Latin
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- Italian 4-syllable words
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- Rhymes:Italian/ivo
- Rhymes:Italian/ivo/4 syllables
- Italian lemmas
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- Portuguese terms derived from Latin
- Portuguese terms suffixed with -ivo
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- Portuguese terms derived from English
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- Portuguese 4-syllable words
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- Rhymes:Portuguese/ivu
- Rhymes:Portuguese/ivu/4 syllables
- Portuguese terms with homophones
- Portuguese lemmas
- Portuguese adjectives
- Spanish terms derived from Latin
- Spanish terms suffixed with -ivo
- Spanish 4-syllable words
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- Rhymes:Spanish/ibo
- Rhymes:Spanish/ibo/4 syllables
- Spanish lemmas
- Spanish adjectives