fehaciente

Spanish

Etymology

Inherited from Old Spanish fefaciente, from fe (“faith”) + faciente,[1] from Latin facientem (“making”), the present participle of faciō (“to make”), whose descendant in modern Spanish is hacer. Compare Catalan fefaent.

Pronunciation

Adjective

fehaciente m or f (masculine and feminine plural fehacientes)

  1. reliable
    Synonyms: fiable, confiable, fidedigno
  2. indisputable
    Synonyms: indisputable, inobjetable

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ “fehaciente”, 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

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