presente

From Old Galician-Portuguese presente, from Latin praesens, praesentis.

• IPA^(key): [pɾeˈsentɪ]

presente m or f (plural presentes)

1. pertaining to the current time; present
2. present, appearing
3. (formal) this

• presentemente

presente m (plural presentes)

1. present, the current time or moment
2. (grammar) present tense
3. present, gift

• Seoane, Ernesto Xosé González; Granja, María Álvarez de la; Agrelo, Ana Isabel Boullón (2006–2022), “presente”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval [Dictionary of dictionaries of Medieval Galician] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Barreiro, Xavier Varela; Guinovart, Xavier Gómez (2006–2018), “presente”, in Corpus Xelmírez: corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval [Corpus Xelmírez: linguistic corpus of Medieval Galicia] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “presente”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “presente”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “presente”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

presente

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

presente (not comparable)

1. present
2. (with definite article) present, this (self-referent)

Inherited from Latin praesentem.

• IPA^(key): /preˈzɛn.te/^[1]
• Rhymes: -ɛnte
• Hyphenation: pre‧sèn‧te

presente m or f by sense (plural presenti, superlative presentissimo)

1. present (appearing)

   Antonym: assente

2. (formal) this

   la presente lettera ― this letter

presente m (plural presenti)

1. present tense

   Hyponyms: (indicative mood) indicativo presente, (conditional mood) condizionale presente, (subjunctive mood) congiuntivo presente, (imperative mood) imperativo presente, (infinitive mood) infinito presente, (gerund mood) gerundio presente, presente progressivo

2. present (the current moment)
3. gift

   Synonyms: regalo, dono

4. person present

   Antonym: assente

• presentemente

• presenza

• passato prossimo (“present perfect tense”)
• imperfetto (“imperfect tense, past tense”)
• trapassato prossimo (“pluperfect tense, past perfect tense”)
• passato remoto (“past historic tense”)
• trapassato remoto (“past historic perfect tense”)
• futuro semplice (“future tense”)
• futuro anteriore (“future perfect tense”)

• IPA^(key): /preˈsɛn.te/^[1]
• Rhymes: -ɛnte
• Hyphenation: pre‧sèn‧te

presente

1. third-person singular present indicative of presentire

• serpente

presente oblique singular, m (oblique plural presentes, nominative singular presentes, nominative plural presente)

1. alternative form of present

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese presente, from Latin praesentem.

• Rhymes: (Brazil) -ẽti, -ẽt͡ʃi, (Portugal) -ẽtɨ

• Audio (Central-West Brazil):

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• Audio (Portugal (Porto)):

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• Hyphenation: pre‧sen‧te

presente m or f (plural presentes, not comparable)

1. present (pertaining to the curent time)
   • 2005, J. K. Rowling, translated by Lia Wyler, Harry Potter e o Enigma do Príncipe [Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince] (Harry Potter; 6), Rio de Janeiro: Rocco, →ISBN, page 134:

     Não posso enfatizar suficientemente o perigo da presente situação [...]

     I can't emphasize sufficiently the danger of the current situation [...]

2. present (located in the immediate vicinity)

   Antonym: ausente

   • 2015, Vitor Fernandez, Meu Amigo Do Futebol, Erotikontos, →ISBN, page 21:

     A véspera do natal havia chegado. Fernanda e sua família, como sempre passavam o natal lá em casa. Nós fazíamos amigo-oculto e sempre trocamos os presentes. O natal daquele ano estava igual a todos os outros anos, monótono como sempre.

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presente m (plural presentes)

1. the present

   Synonym: atualidade

2. present, gift

   Synonym: surpresa

• “presente”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “presente”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

• IPA^(key): /pɾeˈsente/ [pɾeˈsẽn̪.t̪e]

• Audio (Colombia):

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• Rhymes: -ente
• Syllabification: pre‧sen‧te

From Latin praesentem.

presente m or f (masculine and feminine plural presentes)

1. present (appearing)

   Antonym: ausente

2. (formal) this

presente m (uncountable)

1. (grammar) present, present tense
2. present (the current moment)

   Synonym: actualidad

3. gift, handout

   Synonyms: obsequio, ofrenda, dádiva

presente

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

• “presente”, 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