excessivos

Excessivos is the masculine plural form of the Portuguese adjective excessivo, meaning excessive or excessive beyond what is normal or necessary. The term derives from Latin excessivus, from excessus, related to excedere, to go beyond.

In Portuguese, excessivos agrees with masculine plural nouns; the feminine plural form is excessivas. The word is used across formal and informal contexts to describe quantities, costs, measures, or behaviors that surpass reasonable limits. Common collocations include gastos excessivos (excessive spending), medidas excessivas (excessive measures), and consumo excessivo (excessive consumption). It can modify both concrete and abstract nouns, such as cortes excessivos (excessive cuts) or impostos excessivos (excessive taxes).

Excessivos is often contrasted with exaggerado, which emphasizes rhetorical or sensational exaggeration rather than a concrete excess of a limit. The term appears in journalism, economics, law, and everyday speech to characterize conditions or actions that are deemed disproportionate or unsustainable. Etymologically, it sits within a family of words built from excessus, underscoring a sense of going beyond a threshold.