suplente

Portuguese

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -ẽti
 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /suˈplẽ.t͡ʃi/
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /suˈplẽ.te/

  • Hyphenation: su‧plen‧te

Noun

suplente m or f by sense (plural suplentes)

  1. substitute, surrogate (person that acts as a substitute)

References

http://priberam.pt/dlpo/suplente

Spanish

Etymology

From suplir +‎ -ente.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /suˈplente/ [suˈplẽn̪.t̪e]
  • Rhymes: -ente
  • Syllabification: su‧plen‧te

Adjective

suplente m or f (masculine and feminine plural suplentes)

  1. substitute, stand-in

Noun

suplente m or f by sense (plural suplentes)

  1. substitute, surrogate (person that acts as a substitute)
  2. (sports) substitute (player who is available to replace another if the need arises, and who may or may not actually do so)

Further reading

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