impaciente

See also: impacienté

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin impatientem; equivalent to im- +‎ paciente.

Pronunciation

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ĩ.pɐ.ˈsjẽ.tɨ/
• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ĩ.pa.ˈsjẽ.t͡ʃi/
• Hyphenation: im‧pa‧ci‧en‧te

Adjective

impaciente m or f (plural impacientes, comparable)

1. (of a person) impatient (intolerant of delay or having to wait)
2. (of an act or behaviour) impatient (prompted by, or demonstrating, impatience)

Antonyms

• paciente

Related terms

• impaciência
• paciência
• paciente

 

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Spanish

Etymology

From Latin impatiens; equivalent to im- +‎ paciente.

Adjective

impaciente (plural impacientes)

1. impatient

   Antonym: paciente

Derived terms

• impacientemente

Related terms

• impacientar
• impasible

Verb

impaciente

1. Formal second-person singular (usted) imperative form of impacientar.
2. First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of impacientar.
3. Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of impacientar.
4. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present subjunctive form of impacientar.

Further reading

• “impaciente”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014