vidente

Galician

Etymology

From Latin videntem, accusative singular of vidēns (“seeing”), present active participle of videō (“I see”), from Proto-Indo-European *weyd- (“to know; to see”).

Adjective

vidente m or f (plural videntes)

1. seeing

Noun

vidente m or f by sense (plural videntes)

1. fortuneteller, clairvoyant, seer

   Synonyms: clarividente, profeta

Antonyms

• (antonym(s) of “someone who can see”): invidente, cego

Adjective

vidente m or f (plural videntes)

1. seeing

   Antonyms: invidente, ciego

Related terms

• ver
• videncia
• visión

Interlingua

Participle

vidente

1. present participle of vider

Latin

Participle

vidente

1. ablative masculine/feminine/neuter singular of vidēns

Portuguese

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin videntem (“seeing”), present active participle of videō (“to see”), from Proto-Indo-European *weyd- (“to know; to see”).

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /viˈdẽ.t͡ʃi/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /viˈdẽ.t͡ʃi/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /viˈdẽ.te/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /viˈdẽ.tɨ/ [viˈðẽ.tɨ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /viˈdẽ.tɨ/ [viˈðẽ.tɨ]
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /biˈdẽ.tɨ/ [biˈðẽ.tɨ]

• Hyphenation: vi‧den‧te

Noun

vidente m or f by sense (plural videntes)

1. someone who can see; someone who is not blind

   Antonym: cego

2. seer (someone who foretells the future)

   Synonyms: clarividente, profeta

Adjective

vidente m or f (plural videntes)

1. seeing

   Antonym: cego

2. fortuneteller, clairvoyant

Synonyms

• (able to foretell the future): clarividente

Related terms

• ver
• vidência
• visão

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin videntem (“seeing”), present active participle of videō (“to see”), from Proto-Indo-European *weyd- (“to know; to see”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /biˈdente/ [biˈð̞ẽn̪.t̪e]
• Rhymes: -ente
• Syllabification: vi‧den‧te

Noun

vidente m or f by sense (plural videntes)

1. seeing person (someone who is not blind)

   Antonyms: invidente, ciego

2. fortuneteller, clairvoyant, seer

   Synonyms: clarividente, profeta, adivino

Adjective

vidente m or f (masculine and feminine plural videntes)

1. seeing

   Antonyms: invidente, ciego

Related terms

• ver
• videncia
• visión

 

Further reading

• “vidente”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014