cativo

Meaning

cativar

to captivate, to charm, to seduce, to attract
to dominate
to capture

PoW

prisioneiro de guerra

φυλακισμένος

κρατούμενος

Frequency

Pronounced as (IPA)

/kaˈt͡ʃi.vu/

Borrowed from Latin

captīvus

In summary

From Old Galician-Portuguese cativo, probably a semi-learned borrowing from Latin captīvus.

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