adolescente

From Latin adolēscēns.

adolescente (epicene, plural adolescentes)

1. adolescent (characteristic of adolescence)

adolescente m or f (plural adolescentes)

1. adolescent

• adolescencia

• IPA^(key): /a.dɔ.lɛ.sɑ̃t/ ~ /a.dɔ.le.sɑ̃t/

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adolescente

1. feminine singular of adolescent

Learned borrowing from Latin adolēscentem.

adolescente m or f (plural adolescentes)

1. adolescent, teenage

adolescente m or f by sense (plural adolescentes)

1. adolescent, teenager (child aged between thirteen and nineteen)

• adolescencia

• “adolescente”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2026

From Latin adolēscentem.

• IPA^(key): /a.do.leʃˈʃɛn.te/^[1]
  • Rhymes: -ɛnte
  • Hyphenation: a‧do‧le‧scèn‧te
• IPA^(key): (regional) /a.do.leʃˈʃen.te/

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  • Rhymes: -ente
  • Hyphenation: a‧do‧le‧scén‧te

adolescente m or f by sense (plural adolescenti)

1. adolescent

adolescente m or f by sense (plural adolescenti)

1. adolescent, teenager

• adolescenza

• adolescente in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [a.dɔ.ɫeːsˈkɛn.tɛ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [a.do.leʃˈʃɛn.te]

adolēscente

1. ablative masculine/feminine/neuter singular of adolēscēns

Borrowed from Latin adolēscentem.

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adolescente m or f (plural adolescentes)

1. adolescent, teenage

adolescente m or f by sense (plural adolescentes)

1. adolescent, teenager (child aged between thirteen and nineteen)

• “adolescente”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “adolescente” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
• “adolescente”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Borrowed from Latin adolēscentem.

• IPA^(key): /adolesˈθente/ [a.ð̞o.lesˈθẽn̪.t̪e] (Spain, Equatorial Guinea)
• IPA^(key): /adoleˈsente/ [a.ð̞o.leˈsẽn̪.t̪e] (Latin America, Philippines)

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• Rhymes: -ente
• Syllabification: a‧do‧les‧cen‧te

adolescente m or f (masculine and feminine plural adolescentes)

1. adolescent

adolescente m or f by sense (plural adolescentes)

1. adolescent, teenager

• “adolescente”, 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