impaciente
See also: impacienté
Portuguese
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin impatientem. By surface analysis, im- + paciente.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /ĩ.pa.siˈẽ.t͡ʃi/ [ĩ.pa.sɪˈẽ.t͡ʃi], (faster pronunciation) /ĩ.paˈsjẽ.t͡ʃi/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ĩ.pa.siˈẽ.te/ [ĩ.pa.sɪˈẽ.te], (faster pronunciation) /ĩ.paˈsjẽ.te/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /ĩ.pɐˈsjẽ.t(ɨ)/
- Hyphenation: im‧pa‧ci‧en‧te
Adjective
impaciente m or f (plural impacientes)
- (of a person) impatient (intolerant of delay or having to wait)
- (of an act or behaviour) impatient (prompted by, or demonstrating, impatience)
Antonyms
- paciente
Related terms
- impaciência
- paciência
- paciente
Spanish
Etymology
From Latin impatiens; equivalent to im- + paciente.
Adjective
impaciente (plural impacientes)
- impatient
- Antonym: paciente
Derived terms
- impacientemente
Related terms
- impacientar
- impasible
Verb
impaciente
- inflection of impacientar:
- first/third-person singular present subjunctive
- third-person singular imperative
Further reading
- “impaciente”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014