horripilante
French
Portuguese
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish horripilar, from Late Latin horripilāre. Doublet of arrepiante.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /o.ʁi.piˈlɐ̃.t͡ʃi/ [o.hi.piˈlɐ̃.t͡ʃi]
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /o.ʁi.piˈlɐ̃.t͡ʃi/ [o.χi.piˈlɐ̃.t͡ʃi]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /o.ʁi.piˈlɐ̃.te/ [o.hi.piˈlɐ̃.te]
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /ɔ.ʁi.piˈlɐ̃.tɨ/
- Hyphenation: hor‧ri‧pi‧lan‧te
Adjective
horripilante m or f (plural horripilantes)
- ghastly; creepy (horrifyingly shocking)
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:amedrontador
Spanish
Etymology
From horripilar + -ante.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /oripiˈlante/ [o.ri.piˈlãn̪.t̪e]
- Rhymes: -ante
- Syllabification: ho‧rri‧pi‧lan‧te
Adjective
horripilante m or f (masculine and feminine plural horripilantes)
- horrifying, shocking
- Synonyms: espantoso, terrorífico, chocante
- ghastly, grisly
- Synonym: espeluznante
Further reading
- “horripilante”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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