repente

== French == === Verb === repente first/third-person singular present subjunctive of repentir === Anagrams === pénètre, pénétré == Italian == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /reˈpɛn.te/ Rhymes: -ɛnte Hyphenation: re‧pèn‧te === Adjective === repente m or f by sense (plural repenti) sudden, rapid ==== Derived terms ==== repentemente === Adverb === repente suddenly, rapidly === Anagrams === perente, terpene == Latin == === Alternative forms === repēns === Etymology === Adverbial form of repēns (“sudden”). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [rɛˈpɛn.tɛ] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [reˈpɛn.te] === Adverb === repente (not comparable) suddenly. Synonyms: mox, extemplo, propere, statim, raptim, confestim, breviter, brevi ==== Derived terms ==== dērepente surrepente === Adjective === repente ablative masculine/feminine/neuter singular of repens === Descendants === Gascon: arrebén (“abrupt slope”), arrebenté → Italian: repente → Portuguese: repente → Spanish: repente === References === “repente”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “repente”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers “repente”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette. Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894), Latin Phrase-Book‎[1], London: Macmillan and Co. Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002), “repens”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volume 10: R, page 265 == Portuguese == === Etymology === From Latin rēpentem (“sudden, unexpected”). === Pronunciation === Rhymes: (Brazil) -ẽt͡ʃi, (Portugal) -ẽtɨ Hyphenation: re‧pen‧te === Noun === repente m (plural repentes) attack, upsurge sudden movement (Brazil) a fast-paced, rhymed song sung impromptu, common in the Northeast region in Brazil ==== Derived terms ==== de repente repentista ==== Related terms ==== repentino === Further reading === “repente”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026 “repente”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026 == Spanish == === Etymology === From Latin rēpentem (“sudden, unexpected”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /reˈpente/ [reˈpẽn̪.t̪e] Rhymes: -ente Syllabification: re‧pen‧te === Noun === repente m (plural repentes) attack, upsurge fit, sudden movement ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== === Further reading === “repente”, 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