exigente

== Latin == === Participle === exigente ablative masculine/feminine/neuter singular of exigēns == Portuguese == === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin exigentem, present active participle of exigō (“to demand, to require”). === Pronunciation === Rhymes: -ẽti Hyphenation: e‧xi‧gen‧te === Adjective === exigente m or f (plural exigentes, comparable, comparative mais exigente, superlative o mais exigente or exigentíssimo) demanding, picky, exacting, choosy, fussy, tough, fastidious, finicky (hard to please) (figuratively) demanding, challenging, taxing exigent (needing immediate action) === Further reading === “exigente”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026 “exigente” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913 “exigente”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026 == Spanish == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /eɡsiˈxente/ [eɣ̞.siˈxẽn̪.t̪e] Rhymes: -ente Syllabification: e‧xi‧gen‧te === Adjective === exigente m or f (masculine and feminine plural exigentes) demanding, picky, exacting, choosy, fussy, tough, fastidious, finicky (hard to please) discerning (figuratively) demanding, challenging, taxing (informal) high-maintenance exigent ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== === Further reading === “exigente”, 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