pujante
Portuguese
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish pujante.[1][2] Piecewise doublet of puxante and pulsante.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /puˈʒɐ̃.t͡ʃi/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /puˈʒɐ̃.te/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /puˈʒɐ̃.t(ɨ)/
- Hyphenation: pu‧jan‧te
Adjective
pujante m or f (plural pujantes)
- powerful, vigorous
- Synonym: possante
References
- “pujante” in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa. Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2023.
- “pujante” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.
Spanish
Etymology
pujar + -ante
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /puˈxante/ [puˈxãn̪.t̪e]
- Rhymes: -ante
- Syllabification: pu‧jan‧te
Adjective
pujante (plural pujantes)
- booming, growing
Descendants
- → Portuguese: pujante
Further reading
- “pujante”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014