reticente

See also: réticente

Galician

Etymology

From Latin reticēns.

Adjective

reticente m or f (plural reticentes)

1. reticent

Related terms

• reticencia

Further reading

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

Italian

Etymology

From Latin reticentem.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /re.tiˈt͡ʃɛn.te/
• Rhymes: -ɛnte
• Hyphenation: re‧ti‧cèn‧te

Adjective

reticente m or f by sense (plural reticenti)

1. reticent

Related terms

• reticenza

Further reading

• reticente in Collins Italian-English Dictionary
• reticente in Aldo Gabrielli, Grandi Dizionario Italiano (Hoepli)
• reticente in garzantilinguistica.it – Garzanti Linguistica, De Agostini Scuola Spa
• reticente in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication
• “reticente”, in Vocabolario Treccani on line (in Italian), Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana, 2026

Anagrams

• cinterete

Latin

Pronunciation

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

Participle

reticente

1. ablative masculine/feminine/neuter singular of reticēns

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin reticentem.

Pronunciation

 

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

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

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ʁɨ.tiˈsẽ.tɨ/

• Hyphenation: re‧ti‧cen‧te

Adjective

reticente m or f (plural reticentes)

1. reticent (keeping one’s thoughts to oneself)

Related terms

• reticência

Further reading

• “reticente”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “reticente”, in Dicionário inFormal (in Portuguese), 2006–2026
• “reticente”, in Dicionário Infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2026
• “reticente”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2026, →ISBN
• “reticente”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin reticentem.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /retiˈθente/ [re.t̪iˈθẽn̪.t̪e] (Equatorial Guinea, Spain)
• IPA^(key): /retiˈsente/ [re.t̪iˈsẽn̪.t̪e] (Latin America, Philippines)
• Rhymes: -ente
• Syllabification: re‧ti‧cen‧te

Adjective

reticente m or f (masculine and feminine plural reticentes)

1. reticent, reluctant

Derived terms

• reticentemente

Related terms

• reticencia

Further reading

• “reticente”, 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