semejante
Spanish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Vulgar Latin *similiantem, present participle of *similiāre, a verb based on Latin similis (“similar”). By surface analysis, semejar + -ante. Compare Galician semellante, Portuguese semelhante.
Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]semejante m or f (masculine and feminine plural semejantes)
- similar
- Synonyms: parecido, símil, similar
- Antonym: desemejante
- such
- what a (when followed by a noun)
Derived terms
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[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “semejante”, 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
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- Rhymes:Spanish/ante
- Rhymes:Spanish/ante/4 syllables
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