repugnante

See also: répugnante

Galician

Alternative forms

• repunante

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin repugnans, repugnantem. Compare Asturian repunante.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /repuɡˈnante̝/, (popular) /repuˈnante̝/

Adjective

repugnante m or f (plural repugnantes)

1. repugnant (arousing disgust or aversion)

   Synonym: noxento

2. finicky, fussy, picky, grumpy
   • 2020, Malandrómeda, Galician Edi Murfi [song]:

     a historia do pallaso triste, cu de mal asento, repunante por momentos

     the story of the sad clown, ants in my pants, finicky at times

   Tampouco che gusta? Que repugnantiña me es, filla!

   You don't like it either? You are so picky, my daughter!

   Synonyms: mexericas, nifroso

Related terms

• repugnancia

References

• “repunante” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “repugnante” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “repugnante” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /re.puɡˈnan.te/, [rɛpʊŋˈnän̪t̪ɛ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /re.puɲˈɲan.te/, [repuɲˈɲän̪t̪e]

Participle

repugnante

1. ablative masculine/feminine/neuter singular of repugnāns

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin repugnantem.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʁe.puɡˈnɐ̃.t͡ʃi/ [he.puɡˈnɐ̃.t͡ʃi]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʁe.puɡˈnɐ̃.t͡ʃi/ [he.puɡˈnɐ̃.t͡ʃi]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ʁe.puɡˈnɐ̃.t͡ʃi/ [χe.puɡˈnɐ̃.t͡ʃi]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʁe.puɡˈnɐ̃.te/ [he.puɡˈnɐ̃.te]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ʁɨ.puˈɡnɐ̃.tɨ/ [ʁɨ.puˈɣnɐ̃.tɨ]

• Rhymes: -ɐ̃tɨ, -ɐ̃tʃi
• Hyphenation: re‧pug‧nan‧te

Adjective

repugnante m or f (plural repugnantes)

1. repugnant (arousing disgust or aversion)

Related terms

• repugnância

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin repugnantem. Cognate with English repugnant.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /repuɡˈnante/ [re.puɣ̞ˈnãn̪.t̪e]
• Rhymes: -ante
• Syllabification: re‧pug‧nan‧te

Adjective

repugnante m or f (masculine and feminine plural repugnantes)

1. repugnant, repulsive, rebarbative, abhorrent, ugly, hideous, obnoxious
2. disgusting, revolting, loathsome, sickening, gross, nasty, foul, vile, nauseating, repellent

Derived terms

• repugnantemente

 

Related terms

• repugnancia
• repugnar

 

Further reading

• “repugnante”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014