diligente

See also: Diligente and diligenté

Esperanto

Etymology

From diligenta +‎ -e.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [diliˈɡente]
• Rhymes: -ente
• Hyphenation: di‧li‧gen‧te

Adverb

diligente

1. diligently, industriously

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /di.li.ʒɑ̃t/

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• Homophones: diligentent, diligentes

Verb

diligente

1. inflection of diligenter:
   1. first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
   2. second-person singular imperative

Interlingua

Adjective

diligente (comparative plus diligente, superlative le plus diligente)

1. diligent

Italian

Etymology

From Latin diligentem, present active participle of diligō (“to esteem, have regard for”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /di.liˈd͡ʒɛn.te/
• Rhymes: -ɛnte
• Hyphenation: di‧li‧gèn‧te

Participle

diligente (plural diligenti)

1. present participle of diligere

Adjective

diligente (plural diligenti, superlative diligentissimo)

1. diligent, hard-working

Derived terms

• diligentemente

Related terms

• dilettare
• diletto
• dilezione
• diligenza
• diligenzaio

Further reading

• diligente in Collins Italian-English Dictionary
• diligente in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)
• diligente in Aldo Gabrielli, Grandi Dizionario Italiano (Hoepli)
• diligente in garzantilinguistica.it – Garzanti Linguistica, De Agostini Scuola Spa
• diligènte in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication
• diligènte in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /diː.liˈɡen.te/, [d̪iːlʲɪˈɡɛn̪t̪ɛ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /di.liˈd͡ʒen.te/, [d̪iliˈd͡ʒɛn̪t̪e]

Participle

dīligente

1. ablative masculine/feminine/neuter singular of dīligēns

Portuguese

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin dīligentem.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /d͡ʒi.liˈʒẽ.t͡ʃi/

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

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /dɨ.liˈʒẽ.tɨ/, /di.liˈʒẽ.tɨ/

• Hyphenation: di‧li‧gen‧te

Adjective

diligente m or f (plural diligentes)

1. assiduous; industrious; diligent

   Synonyms: assíduo, esforçado, industrioso, laborioso, trabalhador

   Antonyms: apático, indiligente, indolente, moroso

Related terms

• diligência
• diligenciador
• diligenciamento
• diligenciar

Further reading

• “diligente”, in iDicionário Aulete (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025
• “diligente”, in Dicionário inFormal (in Portuguese), 2006–2025
• “diligente” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
• “diligente”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
• “diligente”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2025
• “diligente”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

Spanish

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin dīligentem.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /diliˈxente/ [d̪i.liˈxẽn̪.t̪e]
• Rhymes: -ente
• Syllabification: di‧li‧gen‧te

Adjective

diligente m or f (masculine and feminine plural diligentes)

1. diligent
2. conscientious

   Synonym: concienzudo

Derived terms

• diligentemente

Related terms

• diligencia

Further reading

• “diligente”, 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