exigente

Latin

Participle

exigente

1. 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/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /e.ziˈʒẽ.t͡ʃi/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /e.ziˈʒẽ.te/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /i.ziˈʒẽ.tɨ/

• Hyphenation: e‧xi‧gen‧te

Adjective

exigente m or f (plural exigentes, comparable, comparative mais exigente, superlative o mais exigente or exigentíssimo)

1. 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 m or f (masculine and feminine plural exigentes)

1. exigent
2. demanding, picky, exacting, choosy, fussy, tough, fastidious, finicky (hard to please)
3. discerning

   Es seguro para impresionar incluso al conocedor más exigente.

   It is sure to impress even the most discerning connoisseur.

4. (figuratively) demanding, challenging, taxing

   Cada nivel es más exigente que el anterior.

   Each level is more challenging than the previous one.

5. (informal) high-maintenance

Derived terms

• exigentemente

 

Related terms

• exigencia
• exigir

 

Further reading

• “exigente”, in Diccionario de la lengua española (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy, 2023 November 28