requinte
Portuguese
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /ʁeˈkĩ.t͡ʃi/ [heˈkĩ.t͡ʃi]
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /ʁeˈkĩ.t͡ʃi/ [χeˈkĩ.t͡ʃi]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ʁeˈkĩ.te/ [heˈkĩ.te]
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /ʁɨˈkĩ.tɨ/
- Hyphenation: re‧quin‧te
Etymology 1
Deverbal from requintar.
Noun
requinte m (plural requintes)
- refinement; sophistication
- perfection
- Synonym: primor
Etymology 2
Verb
requinte
- inflection of requintar:
- first/third-person singular present subjunctive
- third-person singular imperative
Further reading
- “requinte”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
- “requinte”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026
Spanish
Verb
requinte
- inflection of requintar:
- first/third-person singular present subjunctive
- third-person singular imperative