exigente

exigente

1. ablative masculine/feminine/neuter singular of exigēns

Borrowed from Latin exigentem, present active participle of exigō (“to demand, to require”).

• Rhymes: -ẽti

• Hyphenation: e‧xi‧gen‧te

exigente m or f (plural exigentes, comparable, comparative mais exigente, superlative o mais exigente or exigentíssimo)

1. demanding, picky, exacting, choosy, fussy, tough, fastidious, finicky (hard to please)
2. (figuratively) demanding, challenging, taxing
3. exigent (needing immediate action)

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

• IPA^(key): /eɡsiˈxente/ [eɣ̞.siˈxẽn̪.t̪e]
• Rhymes: -ente
• Syllabification: e‧xi‧gen‧te

exigente m or f (masculine and feminine plural exigentes)

1. demanding, picky, exacting, choosy, fussy, tough, fastidious, finicky (hard to please)
2. discerning

   Es seguro para impresionar incluso al conocedor más exigente.

   It is sure to impress even the most discerning connoisseur.

3. (figuratively) demanding, challenging, taxing

   Cada nivel es más exigente que el anterior.

   Each level is more challenging than the previous one.

4. (informal) high-maintenance
5. exigent

• “exigente”, 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