desconcertante

Portuguese

Etymology

From desconcertar +‎ -ante.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /des.kõ.seʁˈtɐ̃.t͡ʃi/ [des.kõ.sehˈtɐ̃.t͡ʃi], /d͡ʒis.kõ.seʁˈtɐ̃.t͡ʃi/ [d͡ʒis.kõ.sehˈtɐ̃.t͡ʃi]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /des.kõ.seʁˈtɐ̃.t͡ʃi/ [des.kõ.sehˈtɐ̃.t͡ʃi], /d͡ʒis.kõ.seʁˈtɐ̃.t͡ʃi/ [d͡ʒis.kõ.sehˈtɐ̃.t͡ʃi]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /des.kõ.seɾˈtɐ̃.t͡ʃi/, /d͡ʒis.kõ.seɾˈtɐ̃.t͡ʃi/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /deʃ.kõ.seʁˈtɐ̃.t͡ʃi/ [deʃ.kõ.seχˈtɐ̃.t͡ʃi], /d͡ʒiʃ.kõ.seʁˈtɐ̃.t͡ʃi/ [d͡ʒiʃ.kõ.seχˈtɐ̃.t͡ʃi]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /des.kõ.seɻˈtɐ̃.te/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /dɨʃ.kõ.sɨɾˈtɐ̃.tɨ/

• Rhymes: -ɐ̃tɨ, -ɐ̃tʃi
• Hyphenation: des‧con‧cer‧tan‧te

Adjective

desconcertante m or f (plural desconcertantes)

1. disconcerting; unsettling; baffling

Spanish

Etymology

From desconcertar +‎ -ante.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /deskonθeɾˈtante/ [d̪es.kõn̟.θeɾˈt̪ãn̪.t̪e]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /deskonseɾˈtante/ [d̪es.kõn.seɾˈt̪ãn̪.t̪e]
• Rhymes: -ante
• Syllabification: des‧con‧cer‧tan‧te

Adjective

desconcertante m or f (masculine and feminine plural desconcertantes)

1. disconcerting, unnerving, discomfiting
2. puzzling, baffling, bewildering, perplexing, mystifying

Related terms

• concertar
• concierto

 

Further reading

• “desconcertante”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10