potente

English

Adjective

potente (not comparable)

1. (uncommon) Alternative form of potenty.

Anagrams

• potteen

German

Pronunciation

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Adjective

potente

1. inflection of potent:
   1. strong/mixed nominative/accusative feminine singular
   2. strong nominative/accusative plural
   3. weak nominative all-gender singular
   4. weak accusative feminine/neuter singular

Interlingua

Participle

potente

1. present participle of poter

Italian

Etymology

From Latin potentem.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /poˈtɛn.te/

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• Rhymes: -ɛnte
• Hyphenation: po‧tèn‧te

Participle

potente m or f by sense (plural potenti)

1. present participle of potere

Adjective

potente m or f by sense (plural potenti, superlative potentissimo)

1. powerful, potent, mighty

   Synonyms: poderoso, possente

Noun

potente m (plural potenti)

1. powerful person

Derived terms

• potentato
• potentemente
• potenza

Anagrams

• Pettenò

Latin

Participle

potente

1. ablative masculine/feminine/neuter singular of potēns

Middle English

Noun

potente

1. alternative form of potent

Portuguese

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin potentem.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /poˈtẽ.t͡ʃi/

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

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /puˈtẽ.tɨ/

• Rhymes: (Brazil) -ẽt͡ʃi, (Portugal) -ẽtɨ
• Hyphenation: po‧ten‧te

Adjective

potente m or f (plural potentes)

1. powerful (having or capable of exerting power, potency or influence)

   Synonym: poderoso

Related terms

• poder
• potência

Further reading

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

Romanian

Adjective

potente m or f or n (masculine plural potenți, feminine/neuter plural potente)

1. obsolete form of potent

Declension

Declension of potente

		singular			plural
		masculine	neuter	feminine	masculine	neuter	feminine
nominative- accusative	indefinite	potente		potente	potenți	potente
	definite	potentele		potentea	potenții	potentele
genitive- dative	indefinite	potente		potente	potenți	potente
	definite	potentelui		potentei	potenților	potentelor

References

• potente in Academia Română, Micul dicționar academic, ediția a II-a, Bucharest: Univers Enciclopedic, 2010. →ISBN

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin potentem. Doublet of pudiente, which was inherited.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /poˈtente/ [poˈt̪ẽn̪.t̪e]
• Rhymes: -ente
• Syllabification: po‧ten‧te

Adjective

potente m or f (masculine and feminine plural potentes)

1. potent

   Antonym: impotente

2. powerful

   Synonym: poderoso

   • 2019 April 17, Pablo Juárez Andrino, “PS5: Sony revela los detalles de su próxima consola de videojuegos”, in Prensa Libre‎^[1]:

     En la actualidad jugar a 8K es una misión casi imposible incluso con las computadoras más potentes del mundo, por lo que es muy optimista pensar que la próxima generación de consolas podría ofrecer una experiencia de juego satisfactoria a esta resolución.

     Currently, playing in 8K is an almost impossible mission even with the most powerful computers in the world, so it is very optimistic to think that the next generations of consoles could offer a satisfying game experience at this resolution.

Derived terms

• potentemente
• potentísimo

Related terms

• poder
• potencia
• potencial
• potentado

Further reading

• “potente”, 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

Swedish

Adjective

potente

1. definite natural masculine singular of potent