renitente
Portuguese, adjective/ʁe.niˈtẽ.t͡ʃi/
renitente is a Portuguese feminine adjective meaning “obstinate” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “que não se conforma, que teima, pertinaz, insistente”.
What does renitente mean in English?
adjective
- 1
femininemasculineobstinate
- 2
femininemasculinepersistent
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. que não se conforma, que teima, pertinaz, insistente
The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.
Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of renitente
- renitentes plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce renitente?
- Brazil /ʁe.niˈtẽ.t͡ʃi/
- Brazil [he.niˈtẽ.t͡ʃi]
- /ʁe.niˈtẽ.t͡ʃi/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is renitente in Portuguese?
renitente appears about once in every 18 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).