expediente

See also: expedienté

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ek.spe.diˈen.te/, [ɛks̠pɛd̪iˈɛn̪t̪ɛ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ek.spe.diˈen.te/, [eksped̪iˈɛn̪t̪e]

Participle

expediente

1. ablative masculine/feminine/neuter singular of expediēns

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin expedientem.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /is.pe.d͡ʒiˈẽ.t͡ʃi/ [is.pe.d͡ʒɪˈẽ.t͡ʃi], (faster pronunciation) /is.peˈd͡ʒjẽ.t͡ʃi/, /es.pe.d͡ʒiˈẽ.t͡ʃi/ [es.pe.d͡ʒɪˈẽ.t͡ʃi], (faster pronunciation) /es.peˈd͡ʒjẽ.t͡ʃi/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /is.pe.d͡ʒiˈẽ.t͡ʃi/ [is.pe.d͡ʒɪˈẽ.t͡ʃi], (faster pronunciation) /is.peˈd͡ʒjẽ.t͡ʃi/, /es.pe.d͡ʒiˈẽ.t͡ʃi/ [es.pe.d͡ʒɪˈẽ.t͡ʃi], (faster pronunciation) /es.peˈd͡ʒjẽ.t͡ʃi/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /iʃ.pe.d͡ʒiˈẽ.t͡ʃi/ [iʃ.pe.d͡ʒɪˈẽ.t͡ʃi], (faster pronunciation) /iʃ.peˈd͡ʒjẽ.t͡ʃi/, /eʃ.pe.d͡ʒiˈẽ.t͡ʃi/ [eʃ.pe.d͡ʒɪˈẽ.t͡ʃi], (faster pronunciation) /eʃ.peˈd͡ʒjẽ.t͡ʃi/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /es.pe.d͡ʒiˈẽ.te/ [es.pe.d͡ʒɪˈẽ.te], (faster pronunciation) /es.peˈd͡ʒjẽ.te/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /(i)ʃ.pɨˈdjẽ.tɨ/ [(i)ʃ.pɨˈðjẽ.tɨ]

• Hyphenation: ex‧pe‧di‧en‧te

Adjective

expediente m or f (plural expedientes)

1. expeditious (facilitating or done with efficiency and speed)

Noun

expediente m (plural expedientes)

1. resource; expedient (something that one uses to achieve an objective)

   Synonym: recurso

2. errand; expedience (journey undertaken to accomplish some task)
3. resource (personal capacity)
4. shift (period of time spent at work)

   Synonym: turno

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /eɡspeˈdjente/ [eɣ̞s.peˈð̞jẽn̪.t̪e]

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• Rhymes: -ente
• Syllabification: ex‧pe‧dien‧te

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Latin expedientem.

Noun

expediente m (plural expedientes)

1. (law) case, file
2. dossier

   Synonym: dosier

Derived terms

• expediente de regulación de empleo

 

Related terms

• expedir

 

Etymology 2

Verb

expediente

1. inflection of expedientar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative

See also

• acta
• ficha

 

Further reading

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