buscante

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Italian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /buˈskan.te/
  • Rhymes: -ante
  • Hyphenation: bu‧scàn‧te

Participle

buscante (plural buscanti)

  1. present participle of buscare

Anagrams

Portuguese

Etymology

From buscar +‎ -ante.[1]

Pronunciation

 

  • Hyphenation: bus‧can‧te

Adjective

buscante m or f (plural buscantes)

  1. seeker (one who seeks)

Noun

buscante m (plural buscantes)

  1. (archaic, hunting) tracker hound
    • 1516, Garcia de Resende, “De Diogo Velho”, in Cancioneiro Geral, page 183:
      O dos muy lindos buſcãtes, / rraſteyros, & tam voantes, / caçadores rraſtejantes, / que caçam çaça rreal.
      He who owns the very beautiful 'tracker hounds, / grovelers, and so swift, / crawling hunters, / who hunt the royal hunt.

References

  1. ^ buscante”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 20032024

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