excelente

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Portuguese

Alternative forms

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin excellentem.

Pronunciation

 
 
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): (careful pronunciation) /(i)ʃ.sɨˈlẽ.tɨ/, /(i).ʃɨˈlẽ.tɨ/, (careful pronunciation) /ɐjʃ.sɨˈlẽ.tɨ/, /ɐj.ʃɨˈlẽ.tɨ/
    • (Northern Portugal) IPA(key): (careful pronunciation) /(i)ʃ.sɨˈlẽ.tɨ/, /(i).ʃɨˈlẽ.tɨ/, (careful pronunciation) /ejʃ.sɨˈlẽ.tɨ/, /ej.ʃɨˈlẽ.tɨ/
    • (Central Portugal) IPA(key): (careful pronunciation) /(i)ʃ.sɨˈlẽ.tɨ/, /(i).ʃɨˈlẽ.tɨ/, (careful pronunciation) /ejʃ.sɨˈlẽ.tɨ/, /ej.ʃɨˈlẽ.tɨ/
    • (Southern Portugal) IPA(key): (careful pronunciation) /(i)ʃ.sɨˈlẽ.tɨ/, /(i).ʃɨˈlẽ.tɨ/, (careful pronunciation) /eʃ.sɨˈlẽ.tɨ/, /e.ʃɨˈlẽ.tɨ/

Adjective

excelente m or f (plural excelentes)

  1. excellent
    • 1880, Maria Amalia Vaz de Carvalho, “Uma historia verdadeira [A true story]”, in Contos e phantasias [Short stories and fantasies]‎, 2nd edition, Lisbon: Parceria Antonio Maria Pereira, published 1905, page 44:
      O marquez, cynico como a vida o tornára, era juiz excellente n’este assumpto.
      The marquess, the cynic life had turned him into, was an excellent judge of this matter.

Derived terms

Spanish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Latin excellentem. Cognate with Italian eccellente, French excellent, English excellent.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (Spain) /eɡsθeˈlente/
  • IPA(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /eɡseˈlente/
  • Audio (Venezuela):(file)
  • Rhymes: -ente
  • Syllabification: ex‧ce‧len‧te

Adjective

excelente m or f (masculine and feminine plural excelentes, superlative excelentísimo)

  1. excellent, brilliant, superb
  2. copacetic (US slang)
  3. tiptop, topnotch, top notch
    Synonym: de primera

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