objetivo
Portuguese
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /o.bi.ʒeˈt͡ʃi.vu/, /ob.ʒeˈt͡ʃi.vu/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /ɔb.ʒɛˈti.vu/ [ɔβ.ʒɛˈti.vu]
- (Northern Portugal) IPA(key): /ɔb.ʒɛˈti.bu/ [ɔβ.ʒɛˈti.βu]
- (Southern Portugal) IPA(key): /ɔb.ʒɛˈti.vu/
- Hyphenation: ob‧je‧ti‧vo
Etymology 1
Learned borrowing from Latin objectīvus.
Alternative forms
Adjective
objetivo (feminine objetiva, masculine plural objetivos, feminine plural objetivas)
Quotations
- For quotations using this term, see Citations:objetivo.
Derived terms
Noun
objetivo m (plural objetivos)
Quotations
- For quotations using this term, see Citations:objetivo.
Etymology 2
Verb
objetivo
- first-person singular present indicative of objetivar
Further reading
- “objetivo”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
- “objetivo”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /obxeˈtibo/ [oβ̞.xeˈt̪i.β̞o]
- Rhymes: -ibo
- Syllabification: ob‧je‧ti‧vo
Etymology 1
From Latin objectīvus.
Adjective
objetivo (feminine objetiva, masculine plural objetivos, feminine plural objetivas)
Derived terms
Related terms
Noun
objetivo m (plural objetivos)
- objective
- aim, goal, target
- Synonyms: objeto, destinación
- 2026 June 12, Bernard Condon, “Acciones de SpaceX se disparan en debut en Wall Street y convierten a Elon Musk en el 1er billonario”, in AP News[1], archived from the original on 12 June 2026:
- El magnate reiteró sus ambiciosos objetivos “de hacer que la vida sea multiplanetaria”.
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
objetivo
- first-person singular present indicative of objetivar
Further reading
- “objetivo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025