desistente
Italian
Participle
desistente m or f by sense (plural desistenti)
- present participle of desistere
Anagrams
Latin
Participle
dēsistente
- ablative masculine/feminine/neuter singular of dēsistēns
Portuguese
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin dēsistentem. By surface analysis, desistir + -ente.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /de.zisˈtẽ.t͡ʃi/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /de.ziʃˈtẽ.t͡ʃi/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /de.zisˈtẽ.te/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /dɨ.ziʃˈtẽ.tɨ/
- Rhymes: (Brazil) -ẽti, -ẽt͡ʃi, (Portugal) -ẽtɨ
- Hyphenation: de‧sis‧ten‧te
Adjective
desistente m or f (plural desistentes)
- quitting (which gives up)
Noun
desistente m or f by sense (plural desistentes)
- quitter (one who gives up)
Related terms
Further reading
- “desistente”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
- “desistente”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026