expediente

See also: expedienté

Latin

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ek.spe.diˈen.te/, [ɛks̠pɛd̪iˈɛn̪t̪ɛ]
  • (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ek.spe.diˈen.te/, [eksped̪iˈɛn̪t̪e]

Participle

expediente

  1. ablative masculine/feminine/neuter singular of expediēns

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin expedientem.

Adjective

expediente m or f (plural expedientes)

  1. expeditious (facilitating or done with efficiency and speed)

Noun

expediente m (plural expedientes)

  1. resource; expedient (something that one uses to achieve an objective)
    Synonym: recurso
  2. errand; expedience (journey undertaken to accomplish some task)
  3. resource (personal capacity)
  4. shift (period of time spent at work)
    Synonym: turno

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin expediēns.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /eɡspeˈdjente/ [eɣ̞s.peˈð̞jẽn̪.t̪e]
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -ente
  • Syllabification: ex‧pe‧dien‧te

Noun

expediente m (plural expedientes)

  1. (law) case, file
  2. dossier

Derived terms

Verb

expediente

  1. inflection of expedientar:
    1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
    2. third-person singular imperative

See also

Further reading

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