xente

Asturian

Etymology

From Latin gēns, gentem.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈʃente/, [ˈɕẽn̪.t̪e]
  • Rhymes: -ente
  • Hyphenation: xen‧te

Noun

xente f (plural xentes)

  1. people

Galician
"Homenaxe ás xentes do mar" (homage to the seamen)

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese gente, from Latin gēns, gentem.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈʃente/ [ˈʃen̪.t̪ɪ]
  • Rhymes: -ente
  • Hyphenation: xen‧te

Noun

xente f (plural xentes)

  1. people
  2. nation
    Synonyms: nación, pobo
  3. person
    Synonym: persoa
    Podes afiuzar nel, é boa xente. ― You can trust him, he is a good person. (literally, “You can trust him, he's good people.”)

Derived terms
  • xente bafúa (“mob, rabble; scum”)
  • xente do mar (“mariners”)
  • xente nova (“young ones”)
  • xentiña
  • xentuza

References
  • “gente” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
  • “gente” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
  • “xente” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
  • “xente” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
  • “xente” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Venetian

Etymology

From Latin gēns, gentem. Compare Italian gente.

Noun

xente m (plural xenti)

  1. Alternative form of zente
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