intermitente
Portuguese
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin intermittentem.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /ĩ.teʁ.miˈtẽ.t͡ʃi/ [ĩ.teɦ.miˈtẽ.t͡ʃi]
- (São Paulo) IPA(key): /ĩ.teɾ.miˈtẽ.t͡ʃi/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /ĩ.teʁ.miˈtẽ.t͡ʃi/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ĩ.teɻ.miˈtẽ.te/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /ĩ.tɨɾ.miˈtẽ.t(ɨ)/
Adjective
intermitente m or f (plural intermitentes)
- intermittent
Derived terms
- intermitentemente
Further reading
- “intermitente” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.
Spanish
![](Images/wiktionary/Turn_signals_working.gif)
Front and side turn signals working
Etymology
From Latin intermittēns.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /inteɾmiˈtente/ [ĩn̪.t̪eɾ.miˈt̪ẽn̪.t̪e]
- Rhymes: -ente
- Syllabification: in‧ter‧mi‧ten‧te
Adjective
intermitente (plural intermitentes)
- intermittent
Derived terms
- intermitentemente
Noun
intermitente m (plural intermitentes)
- (automotive, Spain) indicator (UK, Australia, New Zealand), turn signal (US), blinker (informal, US), direction indicator
- Synonyms: (Latin America) direccional, (Argentina) luz de giro
Further reading
- “intermitente”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014