suplente

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /suˈplẽ.t͡ʃi/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /suˈplẽ.t͡ʃi/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /suˈplẽ.te/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /suˈplẽ.tɨ/

• Hyphenation: su‧plen‧te

Noun

suplente m or f by sense (plural suplentes)

1. substitute, surrogate (person that acts as a substitute)

Related terms

• suplência
• faltante
• antiprofissional
• suprível
• abaju

References

http://priberam.pt/dlpo/suplente

Spanish

Etymology

From suplir +‎ -ente.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /suˈplente/ [suˈplẽn̪.t̪e]
• Rhymes: -ente
• Syllabification: su‧plen‧te

Adjective

suplente m or f (masculine and feminine plural suplentes)

1. substitute, stand-in

Noun

suplente m or f by sense (plural suplentes)

1. substitute, surrogate (person that acts as a substitute)
2. (sports) substitute (player who is available to replace another if the need arises, and who may or may not actually do so)

Related terms

• suplencia

 

Further reading

• “suplente”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), 23rd edition, Royal Spanish Academy, 2014 October 16