pungente
Interlingua edit
Adjective edit
pungente (comparative plus pungente, superlative le plus pungente)
Italian edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
pungente (plural pungenti)
Derived terms edit
Participle edit
pungente (plural pungenti)
Latin edit
Participle edit
pungente
Portuguese edit
Etymology edit
From Old Galician-Portuguese pungente, from Latin pungentem.
Pronunciation edit
- Hyphenation: pun‧gen‧te
Adjective edit
pungente m or f (plural pungentes)
- pungent (sharp-pointed)
- pungent (having a strong odour or taste that stings the nose or tongue)
- (figuratively) poignant (evoking strong mental sensation)
Synonyms edit
- (evoking strong mental sensation): emocionante, comovente
- (piquant; pungent): picante
Related terms edit
Spanish edit
Adjective edit
pungente m or f (masculine and feminine plural pungentes)
Further reading edit
- “pungente”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014