urgente
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /yʁ.ʒɑ̃t/
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Adjective
urgente
- feminine singular of urgent
Italian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /urˈd͡ʒɛn.te/
- Rhymes: -ɛnte
- Hyphenation: ur‧gèn‧te
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Adjective
urgente m or f (plural urgenti, superlative urgentissimo)
Related terms
Participle
urgente m or f (plural urgenti)
- present participle of urgere
Latin
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ʊrˈɡɛn.tɛ]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [urˈd͡ʒɛn̪.t̪e]
Participle
urgente
- ablative masculine/feminine/neuter singular of urgēns
Portuguese
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin urgentem (“urgent”), from urgeō (“to urge”), from Proto-Indo-European *werǵ- (“to work”). By surface analysis, urgir + -ente.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /uʁˈʒẽ.t͡ʃi/ [uɦˈʒẽ.t͡ʃi]
- (São Paulo) IPA(key): /uɾˈʒẽ.t͡ʃi/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /uʁˈʒẽ.t͡ʃi/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /uɻˈʒẽ.te/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /uɾˈʒẽ.tɨ/
- Rhymes: (Brazil) -ẽt͡ʃi, (Portugal) -ẽtɨ
- Hyphenation: ur‧gen‧te
Adjective
urgente m or f (plural urgentes)
- urgent (requiring immediate attention)
- Synonym: imprescindível
- Antonym: prescindível
Derived terms
Related terms
Further reading
- “urgente”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025
Spanish
Etymology
From Latin urgentem (“urgent”), from urgeō (“to urge”), from Proto-Indo-European *werǵ- (“to work”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /uɾˈxente/ [uɾˈxẽn̪.t̪e]
- Rhymes: -ente
- Syllabification: ur‧gen‧te
Adjective
urgente m or f (masculine and feminine plural urgentes)
Related terms
Further reading
- “urgente”, 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