aspirante

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aspirante

1. feminine singular of aspirant

From aspira(re) (“to aspirate”, “to aspire”) +‎ -ante (“present participle suffix”).

• IPA^(key): /a.spiˈran.te/
• Rhymes: -ante
• Hyphenation: a‧spi‧ràn‧te

aspirante (plural aspiranti)

1. present participle of aspirare

aspirante (plural aspiranti)

1. (relational) suction
2. aspiring, would-be, wishful

aspirante m or f by sense (plural aspiranti)

1. aspirant
2. candidate
3. wannabe
4. pretender

• insperata, rapinaste, ripensata, separanti, sparteina, spiantare, spianterà, strapiena, trapanesi, trapanise

aspīrante

1. ablative masculine/feminine/neuter singular of aspīrāns

Ultimately from Latin aspīrante,^[1][2] possily borrowed from Italian aspirante.^[3][4] By surface analysis, aspirar +‎ -ante.

• Hyphenation: as‧pi‧ran‧te

aspirante m or f (plural aspirantes)

1. aspiring

aspirante m or f by sense (plural aspirantes)

1. aspirant
   • 2016 February 12, “"Vin Diesel de Curitiba" vende panos de prato para enfrentar a crise”, in UOL Notícias‎^[1], Cotidiano:

     A popularidade de Marcos começou a crescer a partir do ano passado, quando sites de entretenimento da capital redescobriram o aspirante a sósia.

     Marcos's popularity began to grow last year, when the capital's entertainment websites rediscovered the double aspirant.

From aspirar +‎ -ante.

aspirante m or f (masculine and feminine plural aspirantes)

1. aspiring

aspirante m or f by sense (plural aspirantes)

1. aspirant
2. pretender, wannabe

• “aspirante”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), 23rd edition, Royal Spanish Academy, 2014 October 16