desconcertante
Portuguese
Etymology
From desconcertar + -ante.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /des.kõ.seʁˈtɐ̃.t͡ʃi/ [des.kõ.sehˈtɐ̃.t͡ʃi], /d͡ʒis.kõ.seʁˈtɐ̃.t͡ʃi/ [d͡ʒis.kõ.sehˈtɐ̃.t͡ʃi]
- (São Paulo) IPA(key): /des.kõ.seɾˈtɐ̃.t͡ʃi/, /d͡ʒis.kõ.seɾˈtɐ̃.t͡ʃi/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /deʃ.kõ.seʁˈtɐ̃.t͡ʃi/ [deʃ.kõ.seχˈtɐ̃.t͡ʃi], /d͡ʒiʃ.kõ.seʁˈtɐ̃.t͡ʃi/ [d͡ʒiʃ.kõ.seχˈtɐ̃.t͡ʃi]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /des.kõ.seɻˈtɐ̃.te/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /dɨʃ.kõ.sɨɾˈtɐ̃.t(ɨ)/
- Rhymes: -ɐ̃tɨ, -ɐ̃tʃi
- Hyphenation: des‧con‧cer‧tan‧te
Adjective
desconcertante m or f (plural desconcertantes)
- disconcerting; unsettling; baffling
Spanish
Etymology
From desconcertar + -ante.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (Spain) /deskonθeɾˈtante/ [d̪es.kõn̟.θeɾˈt̪ãn̪.t̪e]
- IPA(key): (Latin America) /deskonseɾˈtante/ [d̪es.kõn.seɾˈt̪ãn̪.t̪e]
- Rhymes: -ante
- Syllabification: des‧con‧cer‧tan‧te
Adjective
desconcertante (plural desconcertantes)
- disconcerting, unnerving, discomfiting
- puzzling, baffling, bewildering, perplexing, mystifying
Related terms
- concertar
- concierto
Further reading
- “desconcertante”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014