argentado

Portuguese

Participle

argentado (feminine argentada, masculine plural argentados, feminine plural argentadas)

  1. past participle of argentar

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin argentātum, from argentum (“silver”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /aɾxenˈtado/ [aɾ.xẽn̪ˈt̪a.ð̞o]
  • Rhymes: -ado
  • Syllabification: ar‧gen‧ta‧do

Adjective

argentado (feminine argentada, masculine plural argentados, feminine plural argentadas)

  1. silver, silvery
    Synonyms: plateado, argénteo, argentino
    • 1979 [1847], Charlotte Brontë, chapter 25, in E. Vergara, transl., Jane Eyre, Círculo de Lectores, page 250:
      Las nubes [···] desaparecían, formando grandes y argentadas masas en el horizonte.
      The clouds [···] were disappearing, creating big and silver masses on the horizon.

Participle

argentado (feminine argentada, masculine plural argentados, feminine plural argentadas)

  1. past participle of argentar

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