repente

French

Verb

repente

1. first-person singular present subjunctive of repentir
2. third-person singular present subjunctive of repentir

Anagrams

• pénètre, pénétré

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Latin

Alternative forms

• repēns

Etymology

Adverbial form of repēns (“sudden”).

Adverb

repente (not comparable)

1. suddenly.

References

• “repente”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “repente”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• repente in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • a sudden shower: imbres repente effusi
    

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Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin rēpens (“sudden, unexpected”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʀəˈpẽ.tə/

Noun

repente m (plural repentes)

1. attack, upsurge
2. sudden movement

Derived terms

• de repente

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Spanish

Etymology

From Latin rēpentis (“sudden, unexpected”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /reˈpente/ [reˈpẽn̪.t̪e]

Noun

repente m (plural repentes)

1. attack, upsurge
2. fit, sudden movement

Derived terms

• de repente

Related terms

• repentino

Further reading

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