repentino

Galician

Etymology

From Latin repentīnus.

Adjective

repentino (feminine repentina, masculine plural repentinos, feminine plural repentinas)

1. sudden

   Synonym: súbito

Derived terms

• repentinamente

Related terms

• repente

Further reading

• “repentino”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2026

Italian

Etymology

From Latin repentīnus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /re.penˈti.no/
• Rhymes: -ino
• Hyphenation: re‧pen‧tì‧no

Adjective

repentino (feminine repentina, masculine plural repentini, feminine plural repentine)

1. sudden, unexpected

Derived terms

• repentinamente

Anagrams

• interpone, penetrino, riponente

Latin

Adjective

repentīnō

1. dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of repentīnus

References

• “repentino”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “repentino”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “repentino”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin repentīnus.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʁe.pẽˈt͡ʃĩ.nu/ [he.pẽˈt͡ʃĩ.nu]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʁe.pẽˈt͡ʃĩ.nu/ [he.pẽˈt͡ʃĩ.nu]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ʁe.pẽˈt͡ʃĩ.nu/ [χe.pẽˈt͡ʃĩ.nu]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ʁɨ.pẽˈti.nu/

• Hyphenation: re‧pen‧ti‧no

Adjective

repentino (feminine repentina, masculine plural repentinos, feminine plural repentinas)

1. sudden (happening quickly and with little or no warning)

   Synonym: súbito

Derived terms

• repentinamente

Related terms

• repente

Further reading

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

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin repentīnus, from repēns (“sudden, unexpected”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /repenˈtino/ [re.pẽn̪ˈt̪i.no]

• Audio (Colombia):

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• Rhymes: -ino
• Syllabification: re‧pen‧ti‧no

Adjective

repentino (feminine repentina, masculine plural repentinos, feminine plural repentinas)

1. sudden

   Synonym: súbito

Related terms

• repente

Further reading

• “repentino”, 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