excelente

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin excellentem.

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /e.seˈlẽ.t͡ʃi/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /e.seˈlẽ.te/

(Portugal) IPA^(key): (careful pronunciation) /(i)ʃ.sɨˈlẽ.tɨ/, (natural pronunciation) /(i).ʃɨˈlẽ.tɨ/, (careful pronunciation) /ɐjʃ.sɨˈlẽ.tɨ/, (natural pronunciation) /ɐj.ʃɨˈlẽ.tɨ/
- (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): (careful pronunciation) /(i)ʃ.sɨˈlẽ.tɨ/, (natural pronunciation) /(i).ʃɨˈlẽ.tɨ/, (careful pronunciation) /ejʃ.sɨˈlẽ.tɨ/, (natural pronunciation) /ej.ʃɨˈlẽ.tɨ/
- (Central Portugal) IPA^(key): (careful pronunciation) /(i)ʃ.sɨˈlẽ.tɨ/, (natural pronunciation) /(i).ʃɨˈlẽ.tɨ/, (careful pronunciation) /ejʃ.sɨˈlẽ.tɨ/, (natural pronunciation) /ej.ʃɨˈlẽ.tɨ/
- (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): (careful pronunciation) /(i)ʃ.sɨˈlẽ.tɨ/, (natural pronunciation) /(i).ʃɨˈlẽ.tɨ/, (careful pronunciation) /eʃ.sɨˈlẽ.tɨ/, (natural pronunciation) /e.ʃɨˈlẽ.tɨ/

(Nordestino) IPA^(key): /ɛ.sɛ.ˈlẽ.tɪ/, /i.sɛ.ˈlẽ.tɪ/
Hyphenation: ex‧ce‧len‧te

Adjective

excelente m or f (plural excelentes)

excellent

Spanish

Alternative forms

excellente (obsolete)

Etymology

From Latin excellentem. Cognate with English excellent.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): (Spain) /eɡsθeˈlente/ [eɣ̞s.θeˈlẽn̪.t̪e]
IPA^(key): (Latin America) /eɡseˈlente/ [eɣ̞.seˈlẽn̪.t̪e]
Rhymes: -ente
Syllabification: ex‧ce‧len‧te

Adjective

excelente m or f (masculine and feminine plural excelentes, superlative excelentísimo)

Derived terms

excelentemente

Related terms

excelencia

Further reading

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

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