impacientar

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Verb

impacientar (first-person singular present impaciento, first-person singular preterite impacientí, past participle impacientat); root stress: (Central, Valencia, Balearic) /e/

  1. to cause (someone) to become impatient

Conjugation

Spanish

Etymology

From impaciente +‎ -ar.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (Spain) /impaθjenˈtaɾ/
  • IPA(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /impasjenˈtaɾ/
  • Rhymes: -aɾ
  • Syllabification: im‧pa‧cien‧tar

Verb

impacientar (first-person singular present impaciento, first-person singular preterite impacienté, past participle impacientado)

  1. (transitive) to cause someone to become impatient
  2. (reflexive) to lose patience
    • 1877, Benito Pérez Galdós, Gloria:
      Sí; pero sabe Dios a qué hora habrá llegado el tren -repuso el padre-. Esta fórmula abreviada de la civilización se toma unas libertades... No hay que impacientarse. Desde que llegue el coche al ventorrillo de Tres Casas, nos lo avisará el tío Gregorio disparando un buen puñado de cohetes que alegrarán con sus estadillos la comarca.
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