decente

decente (comparative plus decente, superlative le plus decente)

1. decent

From Latin decentem, accusative case form of decēns (“appropriate, fitting”), present active participle of decet (“[it] is fitting”).

• IPA^(key): /deˈt͡ʃɛn.te/
• Rhymes: -ɛnte
• Hyphenation: de‧cèn‧te

decente (plural decenti)

1. decent, decorous, seemly
2. proper
3. reasonable
4. chaste

• indecente

• decentemente

• decenza

• cedente

decente

1. ablative masculine/feminine/neuter singular of decēns

Borrowed from Latin decentem, present participle of decet (“it is fitting or suitable”), from Proto-Indo-European *deke-, from base *dek- (“to take, accept, to receive, greet, be suitable”).

• Rhymes: -ẽtɨ, -ẽt͡ʃi
• Hyphenation: de‧cen‧te

decente m or f (plural decentes)

1. decent, proper

   Antonym: indecente

   Faça um corte de cabelo decente.

   Have a decent haircut.

• decentemente

• decência

• “decente”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024

From Latin decentem.

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /deˈθente/ [d̪eˈθẽn̪.t̪e]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /deˈsente/ [d̪eˈsẽn̪.t̪e]
• Rhymes: -ente
• Syllabification: de‧cen‧te

decente m or f (masculine and feminine plural decentes)

1. decent (showing integrity and moral uprightness)

   Antonym: indecente

2. decent (good enough; okay)
3. clean, tidy

   Synonyms: limpio, aseado

decente

1. inflection of decentar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative

• “decente”, in Diccionario de la lengua española (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy, 2023 November 28