decente

From Latin decentem.

decente m or f (plural decentes)

1. decent (showing integrity and moral uprightness)

   Antonym: indecente

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

   Synonyms: limpo, asseado

• “decente” in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (2014).

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 m or f (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

Learned borrowing 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: (Brazil) -ẽt͡ʃi, (Portugal) -ẽtɨ
• 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.

• “decente”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

From Latin decentem.

• IPA^(key): /deˈθente/ [d̪eˈθẽn̪.t̪e] (Spain)
• IPA^(key): /deˈsente/ [d̪eˈsẽn̪.t̪e] (Latin America, Philippines)
• 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 [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024