repugnante

See also: répugnante

Galician

Alternative forms

• repunante

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin repugnans, repugnantem. Compare Asturian repunante.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /repuɡˈnante̝/, (popular) /repuˈnante̝/

Adjective

repugnante m or f (plural repugnantes)

1. repugnant (arousing disgust or aversion)

   Synonym: noxento

2. finicky, fussy, picky, grumpy
   • 2020, Malandrómeda, Galician Edi Murfi [song]:

     a historia do pallaso triste, cu de mal asento, repunante por momentos

     the story of the sad clown, ants in my pants, finicky at times

   Tampouco che gusta? Que repugnantiña me es, filla!

   You don't like it either? You are so picky, my daughter!

   Synonyms: mexericas, nifroso

Related terms

• repugnancia

References

• “repunante” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006-2013.
• “repugnante” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “repugnante” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

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Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /re.puɡˈnan.te/, [rɛpʊŋˈnän̪t̪ɛ]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /re.puɲˈɲan.te/, [rɛpuɲˈɲän̪t̪ɛ]

Participle

repugnante

1. ablative masculine/feminine/neuter singular of repugnāns

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Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin repugnans, repugnantem.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): (Brazil) /ʁe.puɡˈnɐ̃.t͡ʃi/, [he.puɡˈnɐ̃.t͡ʃi]

• IPA^(key): (Brazil including São Paulo) /ʁe.puɡˈnɐ̃.t͡ʃi/, [he.puɡˈnɐ̃.t͡ʃi]
  • IPA^(key): (Rio) /ʁe.puɡˈnɐ̃.t͡ʃi/, [χe.puɡˈnɐ̃.t͡ʃi]

• IPA^(key): (Portugal) /ʁɨ.puɡˈnɐ̃.tɨ/, [ʁɨ.puɣˈnɐ̃.tɨ]

• Hyphenation: re‧pug‧nan‧te
• Rhymes: -ɐ̃tɨ, -ɐ̃tʃi

Adjective

repugnante m or f (plural repugnantes, comparable)

1. repugnant (arousing disgust or aversion)

Related terms

• repugnância

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Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin repugnans, repugnantem. Cognate with English repugnant.

Adjective

repugnante (plural repugnantes)

1. repugnant, repulsive, rebarbative, abhorrent, ugly, hideous, obnoxious
2. disgusting, revolting, loathsome, sickening, gross, nasty, foul, vile, nauseating, repellent

Related terms

• repugnar
• repugnancia

Further reading

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