decente

See also: décente

Galician

Etymology

From Latin decentem.

Adjective

decente m or f (plural decentes)

1. decent (showing integrity and moral uprightness)

   Antonym: indecente

2. decent (good enough; okay)
3. clean, tidy

   Synonyms: limpo, asseado

Related terms

• decência

Further reading

• “decente”, in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (in Galician), 2014–2026

Interlingua

Adjective

decente (comparative plus decente, superlative le plus decente)

1. decent

Italian

Etymology

From Latin decentem, accusative case form of decēns (“appropriate, fitting”), present active participle of decet (“[it] is fitting”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /deˈt͡ʃɛn.te/
• Rhymes: -ɛnte
• Hyphenation: de‧cèn‧te

Adjective

decente m or f by sense (plural decenti)

1. decent, decorous, seemly
2. proper
3. reasonable
4. chaste

Antonyms

• indecente

Derived terms

• decentemente

Related terms

• decenza

Anagrams

• cedente

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [dɛˈkɛn.tɛ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [deˈt͡ʃɛn.te]

Participle

decente

1. ablative masculine/feminine/neuter singular of decēns

Portuguese

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin decentem, present participle of decet (“it is fitting or suitable”), from Proto-Indo-European *deke-, from base *dek- (“to take, accept, to receive, greet, be suitable”).

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /deˈsẽ.t͡ʃi/

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

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /dɨˈsẽ.tɨ/

• Rhymes: (Brazil) -ẽt͡ʃi, (Portugal) -ẽtɨ
• Hyphenation: de‧cen‧te

Adjective

decente m or f (plural decentes)

1. decent, proper

   Antonym: indecente

   Faça um corte de cabelo decente.

   Have a decent haircut.

Derived terms

• decentemente

Related terms

• decência

Further reading

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

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin decentem.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /deˈθente/ [d̪eˈθẽn̪.t̪e] (Equatorial Guinea, Spain)
• IPA^(key): /deˈsente/ [d̪eˈsẽn̪.t̪e] (Latin America, Philippines)
• Rhymes: -ente
• Syllabification: de‧cen‧te

Adjective

decente m or f (masculine and feminine plural decentes)

1. decent (showing integrity and moral uprightness)

   Antonym: indecente

2. decent (good enough; okay)
3. clean, tidy

   Synonyms: limpio, aseado

Derived terms

• adecentar
• decentemente

Related terms

• decencia

Verb

decente

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

Further reading

• “decente”, 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