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excelente

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Portuguese

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Learned borrowing from Latin excellentem.

Pronunciation

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  • (Portugal) IPA(key): (careful pronunciation) /(i)ʃ.sɨˈlẽ.tɨ/, /(i).ʃɨˈlẽ.tɨ/, (careful pronunciation) /ɐjʃ.sɨˈlẽ.tɨ/, /ɐj.ʃɨˈlẽ.tɨ/
    • (Northern Portugal) IPA(key): (careful pronunciation) /(i)ʃ.sɨˈlẽ.tɨ/, /(i).ʃɨˈlẽ.tɨ/, (careful pronunciation) /ejʃ.sɨˈlẽ.tɨ/, /ej.ʃɨˈlẽ.tɨ/
    • (Central Portugal) IPA(key): (careful pronunciation) /(i)ʃ.sɨˈlẽ.tɨ/, /(i).ʃɨˈlẽ.tɨ/, (careful pronunciation) /ejʃ.sɨˈlẽ.tɨ/, /ej.ʃɨˈlẽ.tɨ/
    • (Southern Portugal) IPA(key): (careful pronunciation) /(i)ʃ.sɨˈlẽ.tɨ/, /(i).ʃɨˈlẽ.tɨ/, (careful pronunciation) /eʃ.sɨˈlẽ.tɨ/, /e.ʃɨˈlẽ.tɨ/

Adjective

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excelente m or f (plural excelentes)

  1. excellent
    • 1880, Maria Amalia Vaz de Carvalho, “Uma historia verdadeira [A true story]”, in Contos e phantasias [Short stories and fantasies]‎[1], 2nd edition, Lisbon: Parceria Antonio Maria Pereira, published 1905, page 44:
      O marquez, cynico como a vida o tornára, era juiz excellente n’este assumpto.
      The marquess, the cynic life had turned him into, was an excellent judge of this matter.

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Spanish

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Latin excellentem. Cognate with English excellent.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): (Spain) /eɡsθeˈlente/ [eɣ̞s.θeˈlẽn̪.t̪e]
  • IPA(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /eɡseˈlente/ [eɣ̞.seˈlẽn̪.t̪e]
  • Rhymes: -ente
  • Syllabification: ex‧ce‧len‧te

Adjective

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excelente m or f (masculine and feminine plural excelentes, superlative excelentísimo)

  1. excellent, brilliant, superb
  2. copacetic (US slang)
  3. tiptop, topnotch, top notch
    Synonym: de primera

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