exigente
Latin
Participle
exigente
- ablative masculine/feminine/neuter singular of exigēns
Portuguese
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin exigentem, present active participle of exigō (“to demand, to require”).
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /e.ziˈʒẽ.t͡ʃi/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /e.ziˈʒẽ.te/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /i.ziˈʒẽ.t(ɨ)/
- Hyphenation: e‧xi‧gen‧te
Adjective
exigente m or f (plural exigentes, comparable, comparative maisexigente, superlative o maisexigente or exigentíssimo)
- exigent (needing immediate action)
Further reading
- “exigente” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /eɡsiˈxente/ [eɣ̞.siˈxẽn̪.t̪e]
- Rhymes: -ente
- Syllabification: e‧xi‧gen‧te
Adjective
exigente (plural exigentes)
- demanding, picky, exacting, choosy, fussy, tough, fastidious, finicky (hard to please)
- discerning
- Es seguro para impresionar incluso al conocedor más exigente.
- It is sure to impress even the most discerning connoisseur.
- (figuratively) demanding, challenging, taxing
- Cada nivel es más exigente que el anterior.
- Each level is more challenging than the previous one.
- exigent
- high-maintenance (informal)
Derived terms
- exigentemente
Related terms
- exigir
- exigencia
Further reading
- “exigente”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014