afluente

Portuguese

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin affluentem.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ẽti

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /a.fluˈẽ.t͡ʃi/ [a.flʊˈẽ.t͡ʃi], (faster pronunciation) /aˈflwẽ.t͡ʃi/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /a.fluˈẽ.t͡ʃi/ [a.flʊˈẽ.t͡ʃi], (faster pronunciation) /aˈflwẽ.t͡ʃi/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /a.fluˈẽ.te/ [a.flʊˈẽ.te], (faster pronunciation) /aˈflwẽ.te/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐ.fluˈẽ.tɨ/, (faster pronunciation) /ɐˈflwẽ.tɨ/

• (Northeast Brazil) IPA^(key): [ˌafluˈẽti]
• Hyphenation: a‧flu‧en‧te

Noun

afluente m (plural afluentes)

1. a tributary waterbody

Adjective

afluente m or f (plural afluentes)

1. affluent (abundant)

   Synonym: abundante

Derived terms

• afluentemente

Related terms

• afluência
• afluir
• afluxo

Further reading

• “afluente”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “afluente”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin affluentem.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aˈflwente/ [aˈflwẽn̪.t̪e], /afluˈente/ [a.fluˈẽn̪.t̪e]

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• Rhymes: -ente
• Syllabification: a‧fluen‧te, a‧flu‧en‧te

Adjective

afluente m or f (masculine and feminine plural afluentes)

1. affluent
2. abundant

   Synonym: abundante

3. flowing

   Synonyms: fluente, fluyente

Derived terms

• afluentemente

Related terms

• afluencia
• afluir

Noun

afluente m (plural afluentes)

1. affluent (tributary)

Further reading

• “afluente”, 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