oponente
Portuguese
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin oppōnentem. By surface analysis, opor + -ente.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /o.poˈnẽ.t͡ʃi/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /o.poˈnẽ.te/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /ɔ.puˈnẽ.tɨ/
- Rhymes: (Brazil) -ẽti, -ẽt͡ʃi, (Portugal) -ẽtɨ
- Hyphenation: o‧po‧nen‧te
Adjective
oponente m or f (plural oponentes)
Noun
oponente m or f by sense (plural oponentes)
- opponent
- Synonyms: adversário, inimigo
- rival
- Synonym: rival
Related terms
Further reading
- “oponente”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025
Spanish
Etymology
From Latin oppōnentem.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /opoˈnente/ [o.poˈnẽn̪.t̪e]
- Rhymes: -ente
- Syllabification: o‧po‧nen‧te
Noun
oponente m or f by sense (plural oponentes)
Related terms
Adjective
oponente m or f (masculine and feminine plural oponentes)
Further reading
- “oponente”, 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