pariente
Asturian edit
Etymology edit
From Latin parentem, accusative singular of parēns.
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
pariente
Noun edit
pariente m or f (plural parientes)
Ladino edit
Noun edit
pariente f (Latin spelling, plural parientes)
- parents; father and mother
Usage notes edit
- In Ladino, this word refers only to father and mother, not relatives, as in modern Spanish.
Latin edit
Participle edit
pariente
Spanish edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Old Spanish pariente, from Latin parentem.
Pronunciation edit
- IPA(key): /paˈɾjente/ [paˈɾjẽn̪.t̪e]
Audio (Colombia): (file) - Rhymes: -ente
- Syllabification: pa‧rien‧te
Noun edit
pariente m or f by sense (plural parientes, feminine pariente or parienta, feminine plural parientes or parientas)
- relative, relation (member of one's family)
- Synonyms: familiar, miembro de la familia
- 2021 February 17, Amanda Mars, “Ostracismo familiar para un congresista republicano por renegar de Trump: “Eres una decepción para Dios””, in El País[1]:
- Acto seguido, 11 parientes le enviaron una carta de dos páginas en la que le acusan de haberse unido al “ejército del diablo”.
- Immediately afterwards, 11 relatives sent a two-page letter accusing him of having joined the “devil's army”.
- (colloquial) partner
- Synonym: pareja
- (obsolete, in the plural) parents
Usage notes edit
- Pariente is a false friend, and does not mean parent. The Spanish word for parent is padre or madre.
Related terms edit
Further reading edit
- “pariente”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014