pungente

pungente (comparative plus pungente, superlative le plus pungente)

1. pungent

From Latin pungentem.

• IPA^(key): /punˈd͡ʒɛn.te/
• Rhymes: -ɛnte
• Hyphenation: pun‧gèn‧te

pungente m or f (plural pungenti)

1. prickly
2. biting
3. pungent

• pungentemente

pungente m or f (plural pungenti)

1. present participle of pungere

pungente

1. ablative masculine/feminine/neuter singular of pungēns

From Old Galician-Portuguese pungente, from Latin pungentem.

• Rhymes: -ẽti

• Hyphenation: pun‧gen‧te

pungente m or f (plural pungentes)

1. pungent (sharp-pointed)
2. pungent (having a strong odour or taste that stings the nose or tongue)
3. (figuratively) poignant (evoking strong mental sensation)

• (evoking strong mental sensation): emocionante, comovente
• (piquant; pungent): picante

• pungir

From Latin pungentem.

• IPA^(key): /punˈxente/ [pũŋˈxẽn̪.t̪e]
• Rhymes: -ente
• Syllabification: pun‧gen‧te

pungente m or f (masculine and feminine plural pungentes)

1. pungent; pointy
2. piercing

• “pungente”, 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
• “pungente”, in Diccionario de americanismos [Dictionary of Americanisms] (in Spanish), Association of Academies of the Spanish Language [Spanish: Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española], 2010