pretendente

Italian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pre.tenˈdɛn.te/
  • Rhymes: -ɛnte
  • Hyphenation: pre‧ten‧dèn‧te

Participle

pretendente m or f by sense (plural pretendenti)

  1. present participle of pretendere

Noun

pretendente m or f by sense (plural pretendenti)

  1. claimant
  2. pretender

Noun

pretendente m (plural pretendenti)

  1. admirer, suitor, wooer

Further reading

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

Portuguese

Etymology

From pretender +‎ -ente.

Pronunciation

 
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /pɾɨ.tẽˈdẽ.tɨ/

  • Hyphenation: pre‧ten‧den‧te

Adjective

pretendente m or f (plural pretendentes)

  1. of or pertaining to a pretender

Noun

pretendente m or f by sense (plural pretendentes, diminutive pretendentezinho or pretendentezito, augmentative pretendentezão)

  1. claimant
  2. pretender
  3. admirer, suitor, wooer

Derived terms

  • pretendentezão (augmentative)
  • pretendentezinho (diminutive)
  • pretendentezito (diminutive)

Further reading

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