saliente

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From Latin salientem .

• IPA ^(key): /saˈljɛn.te/
• Rhymes: -ɛnte
• Hyphenation: sa‧lièn‧te

saliente m or f by sense (plural salienti )

1. present participle of salire

saliente m or f by sense (plural salienti )

1. salient
2. main

• punti salienti

• elastine , latinese , lesinate , lineaste , telesina

saliente

1. ablative masculine /feminine /neuter singular of saliēns

• Rhymes: (Brazil) -ẽti, -ẽt͡ʃi, (Portugal) -ẽtɨ
• Hyphenation: sa‧li‧en‧te

Learned borrowing from Latin salientem .

saliente m or f (plural salientes )

1. protruding
2. (Brazil , informal ) obscene, lewd

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

saliente

1. inflection of salientar :
   1. first /third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative

• "saliente", in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• "saliente", in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026
• "saliente", in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2026, →ISBN

Derived from Latin salientem .

• IPA ^(key): /saˈljente/ [saˈljẽn̪.t̪e]
• Rhymes: -ente
• Syllabification: sa‧lien‧te

saliente m or f (masculine and feminine plural salientes )

1. projecting; protruding
2. prominent, main
3. leaving, departing, outgoing

saliente m (plural salientes )

1. projection
2. ledge
3. hard shoulder

   Synonyms: acotamiento , arcén

4. east

   Synonyms: este , oriente , levante , (rare) naciente

• "saliente", in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025

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