requinte

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʁeˈkĩ.t͡ʃi/ [heˈkĩ.t͡ʃi]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʁeˈkĩ.t͡ʃi/ [heˈkĩ.t͡ʃi]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ʁeˈkĩ.t͡ʃi/ [χeˈkĩ.t͡ʃi]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʁeˈkĩ.te/ [heˈkĩ.te]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ʁɨˈkĩ.tɨ/

• Hyphenation: re‧quin‧te

Etymology 1

Deverbal from requintar.

Noun

requinte m (plural requintes)

1. refinement; sophistication
2. perfection

   Synonym: primor

Etymology 2

Verb

requinte

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

Further reading

• “requinte”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025
• “requinte”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

Spanish

Verb

requinte

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