improcedente

Portuguese

Etymology

From in- +‎ procedente.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ĩ.pɾo.seˈdẽ.t͡ʃi/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ĩ.pɾo.seˈdẽ.t͡ʃi/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ĩ.pɾo.seˈdẽ.te/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ĩ.pɾu.sɨˈdẽ.tɨ/ [ĩ.pɾu.sɨˈðẽ.tɨ]

• Hyphenation: im‧pro‧ce‧den‧te

Adjective

improcedente m or f (plural improcedentes, not comparable)

1. inappropriate
2. groundless

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /impɾoθeˈdente/ [ĩm.pɾo.θeˈð̞ẽn̪.t̪e]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /impɾoseˈdente/ [ĩm.pɾo.seˈð̞ẽn̪.t̪e]
• Rhymes: -ente
• Syllabification: im‧pro‧ce‧den‧te

Adjective

improcedente m or f (masculine and feminine plural improcedentes)

1. inappropriate

   Synonym: inapropiado

Derived terms

• despido improcedente
• improcedentemente

Further reading

• “improcedente”, 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