inexistente

Portuguese

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *né

Proto-Indo-European *n̥-

Proto-Italic *n̥-

Latin in-lbor.

Portuguese in-

Portuguese existente

Portuguese inexistente

From in- + existente.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /i.ne.zisˈtẽ.t͡ʃi/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /i.ne.zisˈtẽ.t͡ʃi/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /i.ne.ziʃˈtẽ.t͡ʃi/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /i.nɨ.ziʃˈtẽ.tɨ/

• Hyphenation: i‧ne‧xis‧ten‧te

Adjective

inexistente m or f (plural inexistentes)

1. nonexistent (which does not exist)

   Antonym: existente

Related terms

• inexistência
• inexistir

Further reading

• “inexistente”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Spanish

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *né

Proto-Indo-European *n̥-

Proto-Italic *n̥-

Latin in-lbor.

Spanish in-

Spanish existir

Proto-Indo-European *-onts

Latin -ns

Latin -entemlbor.

Spanish -ente

Spanish existente

Spanish inexistente

From in- + existente.

Adjective

inexistente m or f (masculine and feminine plural inexistentes)

1. nonexistent

   Antonym: existente

Related terms

• inexistencia

Further reading

• “inexistente”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), 24th edition, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 30 October 2026