# diligente
## Esperanto
### Etymology

From diligenta +‎ -e.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [diliˈɡente]
* Rhymes: -ente
* Hyphenation: di‧li‧gen‧te

### Adverb

diligente
* diligently, industriously

## French
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /di.li.ʒɑ̃t/
* Audio:(file)
* Homophones: diligentent, diligentes

### Verb

diligente
* inflection of diligenter:
** first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
** second-person singular imperative

## Interlingua
### Adjective

diligente (comparative plus diligente, superlative le plus diligente)
* diligent

## Italian
### Etymology

From Latin diligentem, present active participle of diligō (“to esteem, have regard for”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /di.liˈd͡ʒɛn.te/
* Rhymes: -ɛnte
* Hyphenation: di‧li‧gèn‧te

### Participle

diligente (plural diligenti)
* present participle of diligere

### Adjective

diligente (plural diligenti, superlative diligentissimo)
* diligent, hard-working

#### Derived terms

* diligentemente

#### Related terms

* dilettare
* diletto
* dilezione
* diligenza
* diligenzaio

### Further reading

* diligente in Collins Italian-English Dictionary
* diligente in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)
* diligente in Aldo Gabrielli, Grandi Dizionario Italiano (Hoepli)
* diligente in garzantilinguistica.it – Garzanti Linguistica, De Agostini Scuola Spa
* diligènte in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication
* diligènte in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

## Latin
### Pronunciation

* (Classical Latin) IPA: /diː.liˈɡen.te/, [d̪iːlʲɪˈɡɛn̪t̪ɛ]
* (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA: /di.liˈd͡ʒen.te/, [d̪iliˈd͡ʒɛn̪t̪e]

### Participle

dīligente
* ablative masculine/feminine/neuter singular of dīligēns

## Portuguese
### Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin dīligentem.

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /d͡ʒi.liˈʒẽ.t͡ʃi/
* (Brazil) IPA: /d͡ʒi.liˈʒẽ.t͡ʃi/
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /d͡ʒi.liˈʒẽ.te/
* (Portugal) IPA: /dɨ.liˈʒẽ.tɨ/, /di.liˈʒẽ.tɨ/
* Hyphenation: di‧li‧gen‧te

### Adjective

diligente m or f (plural diligentes)
* assiduous; industrious; diligent
    Synonyms: assíduo, esforçado, industrioso, laborioso, trabalhador
    Antonyms: apático, indiligente, indolente, moroso

#### Related terms

* diligência
* diligenciador
* diligenciamento
* diligenciar

### Further reading

* “diligente”, in iDicionário Aulete (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025
* “diligente”, in Dicionário inFormal (in Portuguese), 2006–2025
* “diligente” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
* “diligente”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
* “diligente”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2025
* “diligente”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

## Spanish
### Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin dīligentem.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /diliˈxente/ [d̪i.liˈxẽn̪.t̪e]
* Rhymes: -ente
* Syllabification: di‧li‧gen‧te

### Adjective

diligente m or f (masculine and feminine plural diligentes)
* diligent
* conscientious
    Synonym: concienzudo

#### Derived terms

* diligentemente

#### Related terms

* diligencia

### Further reading

* “diligente”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10