desplante

desplante

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /desˈplɐ̃.t͡ʃi/, /d͡ʒisˈplɐ̃.t͡ʃi/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /desˈplɐ̃.t͡ʃi/, /d͡ʒisˈplɐ̃.t͡ʃi/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /deʃˈplɐ̃.t͡ʃi/, /d͡ʒiʃˈplɐ̃.t͡ʃi/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /desˈplɐ̃.te/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /dɨʃˈplɐ̃.t(ɨ)/

Etymology 1

Deverbal from desplantar.

Noun

desplante m (plural desplantes)

1. audacity; nerve; effrontery

   Synonym: audácia

Verb

desplante

1. inflection of desplantar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative

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Spanish

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /desˈplante/ [d̪esˈplãn̪.t̪e]
• Rhymes: -ante
• Syllabification: des‧plan‧te

Noun

desplante m (plural desplantes)

1. cheek, arrogance
2. rude remark

   hicieron un desplante al futbolista

   they were rude to the footballer

   • 2015 July 20, “Buenas maneras del mexicano Gerardo Rivera en su debut en Madrid”, in El País‎:

     Se lució al natural, por desplantes y manoletinas como fin de una faena argumentada en la disposición.

     (please add an English translation of this quote)

3. lack of respect
4. (fencing) lack of, or loss of, footing

Verb

desplante

1. inflection of desplantar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative

Further reading

• “desplante”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014