fehaciente

Spanish

Etymology

Inherited from Old Spanish fefaciente, from fe (“faith”) + faciente,[1] from Latin facientem (“making”), the present participle of faciō (“to make”), whose descendant in modern Spanish is hacer. Compare Catalan fefaent.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /feaˈθjente/ [fe.aˈθjẽn̪.t̪e] (Spain)
  • IPA(key): /feaˈsjente/ [fe.aˈsjẽn̪.t̪e] (Latin America, Philippines)
  • Rhymes: -ente
  • Syllabification: fe‧ha‧cien‧te

Adjective

fehaciente m or f (masculine and feminine plural fehacientes)

  1. reliable
    Synonyms: fiable, confiable, fidedigno
  2. indisputable
    Synonyms: indisputable, inobjetable

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ “fehaciente”, 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

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