competente

• IPA^(key): /ˌkɔm.pəˈtɛn.tə/

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• Hyphenation: com‧pe‧ten‧te

competente

1. inflection of competent:
   1. masculine/feminine singular attributive
   2. definite neuter singular attributive
   3. plural attributive

From Latin competentem.

• IPA^(key): /kom.peˈtɛn.te/
• Rhymes: -ɛnte
• Hyphenation: com‧pe‧tèn‧te

competente m or f (plural competenti, superlative competentissimo)

1. competent

   Antonym: incompetente

2. expert, qualified
3. (law) having jurisdiction
4. referring to a company doctor (medico competente), as required by legislation on occupational health and safety

• competentemente
• incompetente

• competenza
• competere

competente m or f by sense (plural competenti)

1. expert

   Synonyms: esperto, capace

   Antonym: incompetente

competente m or f (plural competenti)

1. present participle of competere

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

competente

1. ablative masculine/feminine/neuter singular of competēns

Borrowed from Latin competentem, present participle of competō (“to meet; to coincide; to agree”).

competente m or f (plural competentes)

1. competent (having sufficient skill, knowledge or qualifications)

   Synonym: capaz

   Antonyms: incapaz, incompetente

2. competent (adequate for the purpose)
3. (law) competent (having jurisdiction or authority over a particular issue)

Borrowed from Latin competentem.

• IPA^(key): /kompeˈtente/ [kõm.peˈt̪ẽn̪.t̪e]
• Rhymes: -ente
• Syllabification: com‧pe‧ten‧te

competente m or f (masculine and feminine plural competentes)

1. competent
2. expert, qualified

• “competente”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024