regente

See also: régenté, régente, and regenté

Galician

Noun

regente m or f by sense (plural regentes, reintegrationist norm)

  1. reintegrationist spelling of rexente

Further reading

  • regente” in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (2014).

Latin

Participle

regente

  1. ablative masculine/feminine/neuter singular of regēns

Portuguese

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin regente, singular ablative of regēns. By surface analysis, reger +‎ -ente.

Pronunciation

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /ʁeˈʒẽ.t͡ʃi/ [heˈʒẽ.t͡ʃi]
    • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /ʁeˈʒẽ.t͡ʃi/ [χeˈʒẽ.t͡ʃi]
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ʁeˈʒẽ.te/ [heˈʒẽ.te]

  • Rhymes: (Brazil) -ẽt͡ʃi, (Portugal) -ẽtɨ
  • Hyphenation: re‧gen‧te

Noun

regente m or f by sense (plural regentes)

  1. regent (one who rules in place of the monarch)
  2. (university slang) professor in charge of a subject's curriculum
  3. (music) conductor (a person who conducts an orchestra, choir or other music ensemble)
    Synonym: maestro

Descendants

  • Hunsrik: Rëschent

Further reading

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /reˈxente/ [reˈxẽn̪.t̪e]
  • Rhymes: -ente
  • Syllabification: re‧gen‧te

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Latin regentem.

Noun

regente m or f by sense (plural regentes)

  1. regent (one who rules in place of the monarch)

Etymology 2

Verb

regente

  1. inflection of regentar:
    1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
    2. third-person singular imperative

Further reading

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