The suggestive is usually linked to sensuality and eroticism.
The Latin word suggestus came to Spanish as suggestive , an adjective that refers to that which suggests . The verb suggest, for its part, is linked to evoke, insinuate or point out .
For example: “The Minister of Economy dedicated some suggestive words to the governor,” “The model dazzled the public with a very suggestive dress,” “It is suggestive that, since the coach's resignation, the team has won four consecutive games.”
The suggestive and the sensuality
It is common for the act, clothing, behavior or attitude that transmits sensuality and generates eroticism to be described as suggestive or suggestive. In this sense, a music magazine may indicate that a singer's new video clip is suggestive since it is shown dancing with little clothing, or performing all kinds of poses and gestures that refer to sexuality, that evoke in the public certain images that cannot be seen with the naked eye.
According to the definition offered by the dictionary of the Royal Spanish Academy, something suggestive is attractive and arouses emotion . This can be easily understood with the examples in which ideas related to sexuality are suggested, since this aspect of our existence makes us vulnerable and leads us to experience a series of feelings and sensations that are difficult to control.
A suggestive image that makes us think about the type of sexual practices that we find most attractive or pleasurable can cause us to lose control and make us lose concentration unexpectedly. Likewise, if it is a pose or gesture that a person makes in front of us and not a photograph, this can lead us to act impulsively and disrespectfully, or start a relationship that the other party also wants, depending on the case.
In certain contexts, silence can be suggestive.
An allusion or non-explicit mention
The suggestive, on the other hand, can be that which expresses one thing although it alludes to another . It is also an expression that makes a non-explicit mention of another topic , implying something without saying it.
Suppose that the coach of a football team, in a conversation with a journalist, comments that he dreams of signing certain players. Given that the club has not yet made official the renewal of said coach's contract, his statements are suggestive, since they could be taken as confirmation that he will continue to lead the team because he is already making plans for the following season.
In some cases, silence is also suggestive. That a public figure does not speak on a certain issue can be considered a message in itself. For this to happen, however, it is necessary that there is a much greater contextual load than in the other cases, since the receiver must know the sender, or at least be aware of the information that the sender does not present clearly or expressly. to understand the situation.
Suggestive and suggestive, two synonyms
It is important to note that although many people believe that it is incorrect to use the terms "suggestive" and "suggestive" interchangeably, the RAE dictionary recognizes them as synonyms ; More precisely, the definition of suggestive refers to that of suggestive.
If we delve into the origin of both terms, we notice that they both come from the verb "suggest." The difference between them is not semantic , but morphological; From the point of view of traditional Latin grammar, "suggestive" is considered a present participle of the verb in question, and can be defined as "that which suggests", just as "disconcerting" is "that which disconcerts" or "singing". It is "he who sings." Suggestive has another suffix, -ivo , which does not come from Latin, but gives the root the same character, and that is why we are faced with two synonyms.