renuente
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Latin
[edit]Participle
[edit]renuente
Spanish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Latin renuentem (“declining by a nod”), present participle of renuō.
Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]renuente m or f (masculine and feminine plural renuentes)
- resistant or unwilling
- 29 May 2009, Carlos Chirinos. "Obama pide encarrilar el proceso de paz", BBC Mundo. [1]
- […] que incluye facciones de extrema derecha tradicionalmente renuentes a hacer concesiones a árabes y palestinos.
- […] that includes extreme right factions that are resistant to making concessions to Arabs and Palestinians.
- 29 May 2009, Carlos Chirinos. "Obama pide encarrilar el proceso de paz", BBC Mundo. [1]
Further reading
[edit]- “renuente”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014