intermitente

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin intermittentem.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ĩ.teʁ.miˈtẽ.t͡ʃi/ [ĩ.teɦ.miˈtẽ.t͡ʃi]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ĩ.teʁ.miˈtẽ.t͡ʃi/ [ĩ.teɦ.miˈtẽ.t͡ʃi]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /ĩ.teɾ.miˈtẽ.t͡ʃi/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ĩ.teʁ.miˈtẽ.t͡ʃi/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ĩ.teɻ.miˈtẽ.te/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ĩ.tɨɾ.miˈtẽ.t(ɨ)/

Adjective

intermitente m or f (plural intermitentes)

1. intermittent

Derived terms

• intermitentemente

Further reading

• “intermitente” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.

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Spanish

Front and side turn signals working

Etymology

From Latin intermittēns.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /inteɾmiˈtente/ [ĩn̪.t̪eɾ.miˈt̪ẽn̪.t̪e]
• Rhymes: -ente
• Hyphenation: in‧ter‧mi‧ten‧te

Adjective

intermitente (plural intermitentes)

1. intermittent

Derived terms

• intermitentemente

Noun

intermitente m (plural intermitentes)

1. (automotive, Spain) indicator (UK, Australia, New Zealand), turn signal (US), blinker (informal, US), direction indicator

   Synonyms: (Latin America) direccional, (Argentina) luz de giro

Further reading

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