urgente

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /yʁ.ʒɑ̃t/

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Adjective

urgente

1. feminine singular of urgent

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /urˈd͡ʒɛn.te/
• Rhymes: -ɛnte
• Hyphenation: ur‧gèn‧te

Adjective

urgente (plural urgenti, superlative urgentissimo)

1. urgent

Related terms

• urgentemente
• urgenza

 

Participle

urgente (plural urgenti)

1. present participle of urgere

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /urˈɡen.te/, [ʊrˈɡɛn̪t̪ɛ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /urˈd͡ʒen.te/, [urˈd͡ʒɛn̪t̪e]

Participle

urgente

1. ablative masculine/feminine/neuter singular of urgēns

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin urgentem (“urgent”), from urgeō (“to urge”), from Proto-Indo-European *werǵ- (“to work”).

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /uʁˈʒẽ.t͡ʃi/ [uɦˈʒẽ.t͡ʃi]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /uʁˈʒẽ.t͡ʃi/ [uɦˈʒẽ.t͡ʃi]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /uɾˈʒẽ.t͡ʃi/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /uʁˈʒẽ.t͡ʃi/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /uɻˈʒẽ.te/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /uɾˈʒẽ.tɨ/

• Rhymes: -ẽtɨ, -ẽt͡ʃi
• Hyphenation: ur‧gen‧te

Adjective

urgente m or f (plural urgentes)

1. urgent (requiring immediate attention)

   Synonym: imprescindível

   Antonym: prescindível

Derived terms

• urgentemente

Related terms

• urgência
• urgir

 

Further reading

• “urgente” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin urgentem (“urgent”), from urgeō (“to urge”), from Proto-Indo-European *werǵ- (“to work”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /uɾˈxente/ [uɾˈxẽn̪.t̪e]
• Rhymes: -ente
• Syllabification: ur‧gen‧te

Adjective

urgente m or f (masculine and feminine plural urgentes)

1. urgent

Related terms

• urgentemente
• urgir

 

Further reading

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