inoffensivo
Italian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /i.nof.fenˈsi.vo/
- Rhymes: -ivo
- Hyphenation: i‧nof‧fen‧sì‧vo
Adjective
inoffensivo (feminine inoffensiva, masculine plural inoffensivi, feminine plural inoffensive)
- harmless, inoffensive
- Antonym: offensivo
Related terms
Portuguese
Adjective
inoffensivo (feminine inoffensiva, masculine plural inoffensivos, feminine plural inoffensivas)
- Pre-reform spelling (used until 1943 in Brazil and 1911 in Portugal) of inofensivo.
- 1938, Graciliano Ramos, “O soldado amarello [The yellow soldier]”, in Vidas Seccas [Barren Lives], Rio de Janeiro: Livraria José Olympio Editora, page 159:
- Aquella cambada só servia para morder as pessoas inoffensivas.
- That bunch was only good for biting harmless people.