fehaciente

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Spanish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Inherited from Old Spanish fefaciente, from fe (faith) + faciente,[1] from Latin facientem (making), the present participle of faciō (to make), whose descendant in modern Spanish is hacer. Compare Catalan fefaent.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): (Spain) /feaˈθjente/ [fe.aˈθjẽn̪.t̪e]
  • IPA(key): (Latin America) /feaˈsjente/ [fe.aˈsjẽn̪.t̪e]
  • Rhymes: -ente
  • Syllabification: fe‧ha‧cien‧te

Adjective[edit]

fehaciente m or f (masculine and feminine plural fehacientes)

  1. reliable
    Synonyms: fiable, confiable, fidedigno
  2. indisputable
    Synonyms: indisputable, inobjetable

Derived terms[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ fehaciente”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

Further reading[edit]