absorbente

Galician

Alternative forms

• absorvente (reintegrationist)

Etymology

From absorber +‎ -ente.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /absoɾˈbente/ [ab.s̺oɾˈβ̞en̪.t̪ɪ]
• Rhymes: -ente
• Hyphenation: ab‧sor‧ben‧te

Adjective

absorbente m or f (plural absorbentes)

1. absorbent

Further reading

• “absorbente”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2026

Latin

Participle

absorbente

1. ablative masculine/feminine/neuter singular of absorbēns

Spanish

Etymology

From absorber +‎ -ente.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /absoɾˈbente/ [aβ̞.soɾˈβ̞ẽn̪.t̪e]

• Audio (Colombia):

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• Rhymes: -ente
• Syllabification: ab‧sor‧ben‧te

Adjective

absorbente m or f (masculine and feminine plural absorbentes)

1. absorbent

Descendants

• → Tagalog: absorbente

Noun

absorbente m (plural absorbentes)

1. absorbent, absorber
2. (Cuba) drinking straw

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:pajita

Further reading

• “absorbente”, 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
• “absorbente”, in Diccionario de americanismos [Dictionary of Americanisms] (in Spanish), Association of Academies of the Spanish Language [Spanish: Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española], 2010

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish absorbente.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ʔabsoɾˈbente/ [ʔɐb.soɾˈbɛn̪.t̪ɛ]

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ente
• Syllabification: ab‧sor‧ben‧te

Adjective

absorbente (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜊ᜔ᜐᜓᜇ᜔ᜊᜒᜈ᜔ᜆᜒ)

1. absorbent

Related terms

• absorsiyon

Further reading

• “absorbente”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, 2018
• Cuadrado Muñiz, Adolfo (1972), Hispanismos en el tagalo: diccionario de vocablos de origen español vigentes en esta lengua filipina, Madrid: Oficina de Educación Iberoamericana, page 5