"-ente" meaning in Spanish

See -ente in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Suffix

IPA: /ˈente/, [ˈẽn̪.t̪e] Forms: -entes [feminine, masculine, plural], -entes [plural]
Rhymes: -ente Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *-onts Latin -ns Latin -entembor. Spanish -ente Borrowed from Latin -entem. Etymology templates: {{ety|es|:bor|la:-ēns<alt:-entem>|text=+|tree=1}} Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *-onts Latin -ns Latin -entembor. Spanish -ente [Appendix:Glossary#loanword|Borrowed]] from", "terms" : [ { "alt" : "-entem", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "present active participle", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*-onts", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "-ns", "lang" : "la" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "keyword" : "from" } ], "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "-ēns", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "la" } ], "keyword" : "bor" } ], "lang_name" : "Spanish", "term" : "-ente", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "es" }" data-lang="es" data-title="-ente"> Borrowed from Latin -entem. Head templates: {{es-adj}} -ente m or f (adjective-forming suffix, masculine and feminine plural -entes), {{es-noun|mfbysense}} -ente m or f by sense (noun-forming suffix, plural -entes)
  1. alternative form of -ante Tags: alt-of, alternative, by-personal-gender, feminine, masculine, morpheme Alternative form of: -ante

Inflected forms

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Download raw JSONL data for -ente meaning in Spanish (2.9kB)

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