corriente

Inherited from Latin currentem.

• IPA^(key): /koˈrjente/ [koˈrjẽn̪.t̪e]

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• Rhymes: -ente
• Syllabification: co‧rrien‧te

corriente m or f (masculine and feminine plural corrientes)

1. flowing, running

   agua corriente ― running water

2. current (existing or occurring at the moment)

   Synonym: actual

   el corriente (mes) ― the current month

3. common, usual

   Synonyms: común, habitual, usual

   Antonym: raro

4. ordinary, normal

   Synonym: ordinario

   una persona corriente ― a regular person

corriente f (plural corrientes)

1. current (the generally unidirectional movement of a gas or fluid)

   corriente de aire ― air current; draught

2. Ellipsis of corriente eléctrica (“electric current”).
3. current, trend, tendency

   Synonym: tendencia

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