pedinte
Portuguese
Etymology 1
From pedir + -inte. Compare Italian pezzente.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /peˈd͡ʒĩ.t͡ʃi/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /peˈd͡ʒĩ.te/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /pɨˈdĩ.tɨ/ [pɨˈðĩ.tɨ]
- Hyphenation: pe‧din‧te
Noun
pedinte m or f by sense (plural pedintes)
- beggar, panhandler
- Synonym: mendigo
Derived terms
Etymology 2
Verb
pedinte
- inflection of pedintar:
- first/third-person singular present subjunctive
- third-person singular imperative
Further reading
- “pedinte”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
- “pedinte”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026