agente

See also: a gente

Dutch

Etymology

From agent +‎ -e or borrowed from French agente.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌaːˈɣɛn.tə/

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: agen‧te

Noun

agente f (plural agentes, diminutive agentje n, masculine agent)

1. female police officer
2. female spy

Synonyms

• (female police officer): politieagente
• (female spy): spionne

Related terms

• agens

French

Etymology

From agent +‎ -e.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.ʒɑ̃t/

• Audio (France (Toulouse)):

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• Rhymes: -ɑ̃t

• Audio:

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• Audio (France (Somain)):

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Noun

agente f (plural agentes)

1. female equivalent of agent

Derived terms

• agente provocatrice

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aˈd͡ʒɛn.te/
• Rhymes: -ɛnte
• Hyphenation: a‧gèn‧te

Etymology 1

From Latin agentem.

Noun

agente m (plural agenti)

1. agent, representative
2. constable, low rank police officer, from "polizia"

Derived terms

• agente immobiliare
• agente provocatrice
• agenzia

Descendants

• → Turkish: acente

Etymology 2

Participle

agente m or f by sense (plural agenti)

1. present participle of agire

Further reading

• agente in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Anagrams

• negate

Latin

Participle

agente

1. ablative masculine/feminine/neuter singular of agēns

Portuguese

Etymology 1

Learned borrowing from Latin agente. By surface analysis, agir +‎ -ente.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /aˈʒẽ.t͡ʃi/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /aˈʒẽ.t͡ʃi/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /aˈʒẽ.te/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐˈʒẽ.tɨ/

• (Northeast Brazil) IPA^(key): [aˈʒẽti]
• Rhymes: (Brazil) -ẽt͡ʃi, (Portugal) -ẽtɨ
• Homophone: a gente
• Hyphenation: a‧gen‧te

Noun

agente m or f by sense (plural agentes)

1. agent (one who exerts power)

Related terms

• agência

Etymology 2

Pronoun

agente

1. misspelling of a gente

Further reading

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

Romanian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aˈd͡ʒente/

Noun

agente f pl

1. plural of agentă

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin agentem, present active participle of agō.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aˈxente/ [aˈxẽn̪.t̪e]

• Audio (Venezuela):

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• Rhymes: -ente
• Syllabification: a‧gen‧te

Noun

agente m or f by sense (plural agentes)

1. agent

   Es agente de una gran compañía de seguros.

   He's an agent for a big insurance company.

2. police officer, policeman, policewoman

   Synonyms: policía, agente de policía

   Pregunte al agente dónde está la plaza de Santiago.

   Ask the policeman where St. James' Square is.

Noun

agente m (plural agentes)

1. (linguistics) agent

Derived terms

• agente comercial
• agente de bolsa
• agente de cambio
• agente de cambio y bolsa
• agente de policía
• agente de seguros
• agente de viajes
• agente doble
• agente encubierta
• agente encubierto
• agente inmobiliaria
• agente inmobiliario
• agente provocador
• agente secreto
• agente social
• complemento agente
• nombre de agente

Related terms

• agencia
• agentivo

Further reading

• “agente”, 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