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Spanish
Etymology
Inherited from Latin currentem.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /koˈrjente/
- Rhymes: -ente
- Syllabification: co‧rrien‧te
Adjective
corriente m or f (masculine and feminine plural corrientes)
- flowing, running
- agua corriente ― running water
- current (existing or occurring at the moment)
- Synonym: actual
- el corriente (mes) ― the current month
- common, usual
- Synonyms: común, habitual, usual
- Antonym: raro
- ordinary, normal
- Synonym: ordinario
- una persona corriente ― a regular person
Derived terms
Noun
corriente f (plural corrientes)
- current (the generally unidirectional movement of a gas or fluid)
- corriente de aire ― air current; draught
- Ellipsis of corriente eléctrica (“electric current”).
- current, trend, tendency
- Synonym: tendencia
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