buscante

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /buˈskan.te/
• Rhymes: -ante
• Hyphenation: bu‧scàn‧te

Participle

buscante (plural buscanti)

1. present participle of buscare

Anagrams

• sbucante

Portuguese

Etymology

From buscar +‎ -ante.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /busˈkɐ̃.t͡ʃi/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /busˈkɐ̃.t͡ʃi/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /buʃˈkɐ̃.t͡ʃi/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /busˈkɐ̃.te/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /buʃˈkɐ̃.tɨ/

• Hyphenation: bus‧can‧te

Adjective

buscante m or f (plural buscantes)

1. seeker (one who seeks)

Noun

buscante m (plural buscantes)

1. (archaic, hunting) tracker hound
   • 1516, Garcia de Resende, “De Diogo Velho”, in Cancioneiro Geral‎^[1], page 183:

     O dos muy lindos buſcãtes, / rraſteyros, & tam voantes, / caçadores rraſtejantes, / que caçam çaça ^[sic] rreal.

     He who owns the very beautiful 'tracker hounds, / grovelers, and so swift, / crawling hunters, / who hunt the royal hunt.

Further reading

• “buscante”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025