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adversativo

adjectivemasculine/femininetechnicaluncommon/ɐdvɨɾsɐˈtivu/ad·ver·sa·ti·vo

Definition

That expresses opposition or contrast; characteristic of a conjunction or particle that introduces a contrary idea.

“The conjunction 'but' is an adversative connective.”

“The sentence has an adversative structure, contrasting two ideas.”

adversative conjunctionadversative valueadversative clause