elusivo

== Italian == === Etymology === From Latin ēlūsus +‎ -ivo, from the perfect passive participle of ēlūdō (“to deceive, to escape”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /e.luˈzi.vo/ Rhymes: -ivo Hyphenation: e‧lu‧sì‧vo === Adjective === elusivo (feminine elusiva, masculine plural elusivi, feminine plural elusive) elusive Synonym: sfuggente evasive Synonym: evasivo ==== Derived terms ==== elusivamente elusività === Further reading === 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 == === Etymology === 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 === Rhymes: -ivu Hyphenation: e‧lu‧si‧vo Homophone: ilusivo (Portugal) === Adjective === elusivo (feminine elusiva, masculine plural elusivos, feminine plural elusivas) elusive (evading capture, comprehension or remembrance) Synonym: fugidio elusive (difficult to describe) ==== Related terms ==== === Further reading === “elusivo”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026 “elusivo”, in Dicionário inFormal (in Portuguese), 2006–2026 “elusivo”, in Dicionário infopédia da Lingua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2026 “elusivo”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2026, →ISBN “elusivo”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026 == Spanish == === Etymology === From Latin ēlūsus +‎ -ivo, from the perfect passive participle of ēlūdō (“to deceive, to escape”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /eluˈsibo/ [e.luˈsi.β̞o] Rhymes: -ibo Syllabification: e‧lu‧si‧vo === Adjective === elusivo (feminine elusiva, masculine plural elusivos, feminine plural elusivas) elusive Synonym: escurridizo evasive Synonym: evasivo ==== Related terms ==== === Further reading === “elusivo”, 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