preocupante

Portuguese

Etymology

From preocupar +‎ -ante.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /pɾe.o.kuˈpɐ̃.t͡ʃi/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /pɾe.o.kuˈpɐ̃.t͡ʃi/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /pɾe.o.kuˈpɐ̃.te/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /pɾi.ɔ.kuˈpɐ̃.tɨ/, (faster pronunciation) /pɾjɔ.kuˈpɐ̃.tɨ/

• Rhymes: -ɐ̃tʃi, -ɐ̃tɨ
• Hyphenation: pre‧o‧cu‧pan‧te

Adjective

preocupante m or f (plural preocupantes)

1. worrisome, worrying (that worries, that causes concern)

Further reading

• “preocupante”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024
• “preocupante”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pɾeokuˈpante/ [pɾe.o.kuˈpãn̪.t̪e]
• Rhymes: -ante
• Syllabification: pre‧o‧cu‧pan‧te

Adjective

preocupante m or f (masculine and feminine plural preocupantes)

1. worrying

   Synonym: inquietante

Derived terms

• preocupantemente

 

Related terms

• preocupar
• preocuparse

 

Further reading

• “preocupante”, 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