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Adjective

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fulminante

  1. inflection of fulminant:
    1. strong/mixed nominative/accusative feminine singular
    2. strong nominative/accusative plural
    3. weak nominative all-gender singular
    4. weak accusative feminine/neuter singular

Italian

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ful.miˈnan.te/
  • Rhymes: -ante
  • Hyphenation: ful‧mi‧nàn‧te

Participle

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fulminante (plural fulminanti)

  1. present participle of fulminare

Adjective

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fulminante (plural fulminanti)

  1. fulminating
  2. blazing

Latin

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Participle

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fulminante

  1. ablative masculine/feminine/neuter singular of fulmināns

Spanish

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Etymology

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From fulminar +‎ -ante.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /fulmiˈnante/ [ful.miˈnãn̪.t̪e]
  • Rhymes: -ante
  • Syllabification: ful‧mi‧nan‧te

Adjective

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fulminante m or f (masculine and feminine plural fulminantes)

  1. sudden, fulminant
    • 2015 November 1, “Columna”, in El País[1]:
      Con sus consecuencias de embrutecimiento y encallecimiento fulminantes.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
  2. blazing
    • 1610, Félix Lope de Vega y Carpio, La Mayor hazaña de Alejandro Magno:
      dos rayos fulminantes su soberbia deshicieron
      two blazing bolts did strike away his haughtiness
  3. cutting
    • 1896, Emilio Castelar, Historia de Europa [] :
      Apenas acababa de despedirlos, cuando Vergniaud pronunció su maravilloso discurso contra la nueva Monarquía, no menos fulminante que los discursos pronunciados por Mirabeau contra la vieja Monarquía
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
    • 2017, Lola Montalvo, Historia de una enfermera:
      Benigno me dispara una fulminante mirada que me hace estremecer.
      Benigno shot a look that could kill, which made me shiver
  4. superb, tremendous

Derived terms

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Noun

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fulminante m (plural fulminantes)

  1. percussion cap

Further reading

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