complutense
Spanish
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin Complūtēnsis, from Complūtum, the ancient name of the town. Equivalent to Compluto + -ense.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kompluˈtense/ [kõm.pluˈt̪ẽn.se]
- Rhymes: -ense
- Syllabification: com‧plu‧ten‧se
Adjective
complutense m or f (masculine and feminine plural complutenses)
- of, from or relating to Alcalá de Henares
- Synonym: alcalaíno
Noun
complutense m or f by sense (plural complutenses)
Further reading
- “complutense”, 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