-iente

Latin

Suffix

-iente

1. ablative masculine/feminine/neuter singular of -iēns

Spanish

Etymology

Inherited from Latin -entem.

Suffix

-iente m or f (adjective-forming suffix, masculine and feminine plural -ientes)
-iente m or f by sense (noun-forming suffix, plural -ientes)

1. forms adjectives and nouns from verbs, particularly verbs in -er and -ir

Derived terms

Spanish terms suffixed with -iente

Further reading

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