descendiente

Spanish

Etymology

From descender +‎ -ente.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): (Spain) /desθenˈdjente/ [d̪es.θẽn̪ˈd̪jẽn̪.t̪e]
IPA^(key): (Latin America) /desenˈdjente/ [d̪e.sẽn̪ˈd̪jẽn̪.t̪e]
Rhymes: -ente
Syllabification: des‧cen‧dien‧te

Noun

descendiente m or f by sense (plural descendientes)

descendant
offspring
Synonyms: vástago, prole

Derived terms

afrodescendiente

Related terms

Further reading

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

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