circunstante

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• circumstante

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin circumstantem.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /siʁ.kũsˈtɐ̃.t͡ʃi/ [sih.kũsˈtɐ̃.t͡ʃi]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /siʁ.kũsˈtɐ̃.t͡ʃi/ [sih.kũsˈtɐ̃.t͡ʃi]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /siɾ.kũsˈtɐ̃.t͡ʃi/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /siʁ.kũʃˈtɐ̃.t͡ʃi/ [siχ.kũʃˈtɐ̃.t͡ʃi]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /siɻ.kũsˈtɐ̃.te/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /siɾ.kũʃˈtɐ̃.tɨ/

• Hyphenation: cir‧cuns‧tan‧te

Adjective

circunstante m or f (plural circunstantes)

1. present; in the vicinity

Noun

circunstante m (plural circunstantes)

1. onlooker

Further reading

• “circunstante”, in iDicionário Aulete (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2024
• “circunstante”, in Dicionário inFormal (in Portuguese), 2006–2024
• “circunstante” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
• “circunstante”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024
• “circunstante”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2024
• “circunstante”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin circumstantem.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /θiɾkunsˈtante/ [θiɾ.kũnsˈt̪ãn̪.t̪e]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /siɾkunsˈtante/ [siɾ.kũnsˈt̪ãn̪.t̪e]
• Rhymes: -ante
• Syllabification: cir‧cuns‧tan‧te

Adjective

circunstante m or f (masculine and feminine plural circunstantes)

1. present; in the vicinity

Noun

circunstante m or f by sense (plural circunstantes)

1. onlooker, bystander

Further reading

• “circunstante”, 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