reprehender

From reprehend +‎ -er.

reprehender (plural reprehenders)

1. One who reprehends.

reprehender (first-person singular present reprehendo, first-person singular preterite reprehendi, past participle reprehendido)

1. Pre-reform spelling (used until 1943 in Brazil and 1911 in Portugal) of repreender.
   • 1938, Graciliano Ramos, “Fabiano”, in Vidas Seccas [Barren Lives]‎, Rio de Janeiro: Livraria José Olympio Editora, page 25:

     Uma das crianças approximou-se, perguntou-lhe qualquer coisa. Fabiano parou, franziu a testa, esperou de boca aberta a repetição da pergunta. Não percebendo o que o filho desejava, reprehendeu-o.

     One of the children approached, asked about whatever. Fabiano stopped, frowned, waited with his mouth open for the question to be repeated. Not realizing what his son wanted, he reprehended him.

Borrowed from Latin reprehendere. See the inherited form reprender.

• IPA^(key): /repɾeenˈdeɾ/
• Rhymes: -eɾ
• Syllabification: re‧pre‧hen‧der

reprehender (first-person singular present reprehendo, first-person singular preterite reprehendí, past participle reprehendido)

1. to reprehend, to reprimand

   Synonym: reprender

• “reprehender”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10