repugnante

See also: répugnante

Galician

Alternative forms

• repunante

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin repugnans, repugnantem. Compare Asturian repunante.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /repuŋˈnante/ [re.puŋˈnãn̪.t̪ɪ]
• Rhymes: -ante
• Hyphenation: re‧pug‧nan‧te

Adjective

repugnante m or f (plural repugnantes)

1. repugnant (arousing disgust or aversion)

   Synonym: noxento

2. finicky, fussy, picky, grumpy
   • 2020, Malandrómeda, Galician Edi Murfi [song]:

     a historia do pallaso triste, cu de mal asento, repunante por momentos

     the story of the sad clown, ants in my pants, finicky at times

   Tampouco che gusta? Que repugnantiña me es, filla!

   You don't like it either? You are so picky, my daughter!

   Synonyms: mexericas, nifroso

Related terms

• repugnancia

References

• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “repunante”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “repugnante”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “repugnante”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [rɛ.pʊŋˈnan.tɛ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [re.puɲˈɲan.te]

Participle

repugnante

1. ablative masculine/feminine/neuter singular of repugnāns

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin repugnantem.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʁe.puɡˈnɐ̃.t͡ʃi/ [he.puɡˈnɐ̃.t͡ʃi]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʁe.puɡˈnɐ̃.t͡ʃi/ [he.puɡˈnɐ̃.t͡ʃi]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ʁe.puɡˈnɐ̃.t͡ʃi/ [χe.puɡˈnɐ̃.t͡ʃi]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʁe.puɡˈnɐ̃.te/ [he.puɡˈnɐ̃.te]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ʁɨ.puˈɡnɐ̃.tɨ/ [ʁɨ.puˈɣnɐ̃.tɨ]

• Rhymes: -ɐ̃tɨ, -ɐ̃tʃi
• Hyphenation: re‧pug‧nan‧te

Adjective

repugnante m or f (plural repugnantes)

1. repugnant (arousing disgust or aversion)

Related terms

• repugnância

Further reading

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

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin repugnantem. Cognate with English repugnant.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /repuɡˈnante/ [re.puɣ̞ˈnãn̪.t̪e]
• Rhymes: -ante
• Syllabification: re‧pug‧nan‧te

Adjective

repugnante m or f (masculine and feminine plural repugnantes)

1. repugnant, repulsive, rebarbative, abhorrent, ugly, hideous, obnoxious
2. disgusting, revolting, loathsome, sickening, gross, nasty, foul, vile, nauseating, repellent

Derived terms

• repugnantemente

Related terms

• repugnancia
• repugnar

Further reading

• “repugnante”, 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