absenta

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from French absinthe.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [əpˈsen.tə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [apˈsen.ta]

• Audio (Barcelona):

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Noun

absenta f (plural absentes)

1. absinthe

Descendants

• → Spanish: absenta

Further reading

• Alcover, Antoni Maria; Moll, Francesc de Borja (1963), “absenta”, in Diccionari català-valencià-balear (in Catalan)
• “absenta”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ap.sɑ̃.ta/

• Audio (France (Lyon)):

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Verb

absenta

1. third-person singular past historic of absenter

Ido

Adjective

absenta

1. absent (not present)

Synonyms

• neprezenta

Antonyms

• prezenta

Derived terms

• absenteso
• absenteskar

Latin

Verb

absentā

1. second-person singular present active imperative of absentō

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French absenter, from Latin absentare.

Verb

a absenta (third-person singular present absentează, past participle absentat) 1st conjugation

1. to be absent, to not be present

Conjugation

    conjugation of absenta (first conjugation, -ez- infix)

infinitive			a absenta
gerund			absentând
past participle			absentat
number		singular			plural
person		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
indicative		eu	tu	el/ea	noi	voi	ei/ele
	present	absentez	absentezi	absentează	absentăm	absentați	absentează
	imperfect	absentam	absentai	absenta	absentam	absentați	absentau
	simple perfect	absentai	absentași	absentă	absentarăm	absentarăți	absentară
	pluperfect	absentasem	absentaseși	absentase	absentaserăm	absentaserăți	absentaseră
subjunctive		eu	tu	el/ea	noi	voi	ei/ele
	present	să absentez	să absentezi	să absenteze	să absentăm	să absentați	să absenteze
imperative		—	tu	—	—	voi	—
	affirmative		absentează			absentați
	negative		nu absenta			nu absentați

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Catalan absenta, from French absinthe.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /abˈsenta/ [aβ̞ˈsẽn̪.t̪a]

• Audio (Venezuela):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -enta
• Syllabification: ab‧sen‧ta

Noun

absenta f (plural absentas)

1. absinthe

   Synonym: ajenjo

Further reading

• “absenta”, 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