agente

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See also: a gente

Dutch

Etymology

From agent +‎ -e or borrowed from French agente.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˌaːˈɣɛn.tə/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: agen‧te

Noun

agente f (plural agentes, diminutive agentje n, masculine agent)

  1. female police officer
  2. female spy

Synonyms

French

Etymology

From agent +‎ -e.

Pronunciation

Noun

agente f (plural agentes)

  1. female equivalent of agent

Derived terms

Italian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /aˈd͡ʒɛn.te/
  • Rhymes: -ɛnte
  • Hyphenation: a‧gèn‧te

Etymology 1

From Latin agentem.

Noun

agente m (plural agenti)

  1. agent, representative
  2. constable, low rank police officer, from "polizia"
Derived terms
Descendants
  • → Turkish: acente

Etymology 2

Participle

agente (plural agenti)

  1. present participle of agire

Further reading

  • agente in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Anagrams

Latin

Participle

agente

  1. ablative masculine/feminine/neuter singular of agēns

Portuguese

Etymology 1

From Latin agente.

Pronunciation

 

Noun

agente m or f by sense (plural agentes)

  1. agent (one who exerts power)

Etymology 2

Pronoun

agente

  1. Misspelling of a gente.

Romanian

Pronunciation

Noun

agente f pl

  1. plural of agentă

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin agentem, present active participle of agō.

Pronunciation

Noun

agente m or f by sense (plural agentes)

  1. agent
    Es agente de una gran compañía de seguros.
    He's an agent for a big insurance company.
  2. police officer, policeman, policewoman
    Synonyms: policía, agente de policía
    Pregunte al agente dónde está la plaza de Santiago.
    Ask the policeman where St. James' Square is.

Noun

agente m (plural agentes)

  1. (linguistics) agent

Derived terms

Further reading

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