ascendiente
Spanish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From the old present participle of ascender.
Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): (Spain) /asθenˈdjente/ [as.θẽn̪ˈd̪jẽn̪.t̪e]
- IPA(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /asenˈdjente/ [a.sẽn̪ˈd̪jẽn̪.t̪e]
- Rhymes: -ente
- Syllabification: as‧cen‧dien‧te
Noun
[edit]ascendiente m or f by sense (plural ascendientes)
- ancestor; forefather
- ascendancy
- influence
Related terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “ascendiente”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10