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Latin
Participle
renuente
- ablative masculine/feminine/neuter singular of renuēns
Spanish
Etymology
From Latin renuentem (“declining by a nod”), present participle of renuō.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /reˈnwente/
- Rhymes: -ente
- Syllabification: re‧nuen‧te
Adjective
renuente m or f (masculine and feminine plural renuentes)
- resistant or unwilling
- 29 May 2009, Carlos Chirinos. "Obama pide encarrilar el proceso de paz", BBC Mundo.
[…] que incluye facciones de extrema derecha tradicionalmente renuentes a hacer concesiones a árabes y palestinos.- that includes extreme right factions that are resistant to making concessions to Arabs and Palestinians.
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