-iente

Latin

Suffix

-iente

1. ablative masculine/feminine/neuter singular of -iēns

Spanish

Alternative forms

• -nte, -ante, -ente
• -yente (after a vowel)

Etymology

Inherited from Latin -entem and -ientem.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (after consonant) /-ˈjente/, [-ˈjẽn̪.t̪e]

 

• IPA^(key): (after vocal ("i" becomes "y")) /ˈʝente/ [ˈɟ͡ʝẽn̪.t̪e]

• IPA^(key): (after vocal ("i" becomes "y")) /ˈʝente/ [ˈɟ͡ʝẽn̪.t̪e] (everywhere but Pampas and southern Argentina and Uruguay)
• IPA^(key): (after vocal ("i" becomes "y")) /ˈjente/ [ˈjẽn̪.t̪e] (Pampas and southern Argentina, Uruguay)

• • Syllabification: -ien‧te
• Rhymes: -ente

Suffix

-iente m or f (adjective-forming suffix, masculine and feminine plural -ientes)
-iente m or f by sense (noun-forming suffix, plural -ientes)

1. forms adjectives and nouns from verbs, particularly verbs in -er and -ir

Derived terms

Spanish terms suffixed with -iente

abriente

atrayente

cerniente

cociente

concerniente

concluyente

condescendiente

constituyente

convaleciente

creciente

crujiente

descendiente

diciente

diluyente

durmiente

envejeciente

escribiente

excluyente

fluyente

hinchiente

incluyente

influyente

languideciente

mordiente

oliente

pendiente

perteneciente

pretendiente

prevaleciente

reconstituyente

reluciente

resplandeciente

satisfaciente

sobreviviente

sufriente

valiente

veniente

viniente

Further reading

• “-iente”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025