instante

Asturian

Noun

instante m (plural instantes)

1. moment, instance (very brief period of time)

Synonyms

• momentu

French

Adjective

instante

1. feminine singular of instant

Galician

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin īnstāns (“urging; urgent”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [insˈtantɪ], (popular) [isˈtantɪ]

Noun

instante m (plural instantes)

1. instant; moment (very brief period of time)

   Synonyms: intre, momento

2. instant (single point in time)

   Synonym: intre

Derived terms

• instantiño (“little time”)

Related terms

• instantáneo

References

• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “instante”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “instante”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “instante”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Latin

Participle

īnstante

1. ablative masculine/feminine/neuter singular of īnstāns

Portuguese

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin īnstantem (“urging; urgent”).

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ĩsˈtɐ̃.t͡ʃi/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ĩsˈtɐ̃.t͡ʃi/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ĩʃˈtɐ̃.t͡ʃi/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ĩsˈtɐ̃.te/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ĩʃˈtɐ̃.tɨ/

• Rhymes: (Brazil) -ɐ̃tʃi, (Portugal) -ɐ̃tɨ
• Hyphenation: ins‧tan‧te

Adjective

instante m or f (plural instantes)

1. imminent
2. urgent
3. insistent

Noun

instante m (plural instantes)

1. instant; moment (very brief period of time)

   Synonym: momento

2. instant (single point in time)

Related terms

• instância
• instantaneidade
• instantâneo
• instar

Spanish

Noun

instante m (plural instantes)

1. instant, moment

Derived terms

• a cada instante
• al instante
• cada instante
• por instantes

 

Related terms

• instantáneo

 

Further reading

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