absorbente

Galician

Alternative forms

• absorvente (reintegrationist)

Adjective

absorbente m or f (plural absorbentes)

1. absorbent

Related terms

• absorber

Further reading

• “absorbente” in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega, Royal Galician Academy.

Latin

Participle

absorbente

1. ablative masculine/feminine/neuter singular of absorbēns

Spanish

Etymology

From absorber.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /absoɾˈbente/ [aβ̞.soɾˈβ̞ẽn̪.t̪e]

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• Rhymes: -ente
• Syllabification: ab‧sor‧ben‧te

Adjective

absorbente m or f (masculine and feminine plural absorbentes)

1. absorbent

Noun

absorbente m (plural absorbentes)

1. absorbent, absorber
2. (Cuba) drinking straw

Further reading

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