adolescente
/adolesˈθente/ · B1 · adj
adolescent
🌱 From Latin adolescere, to grow up; adult is the same verb, already finished
Latin ad- (toward) + alescere (to grow, be nourished). Adolescens means one still growing; adultus means one done growing. Keep the sc spelling: in Spain it is said /sθ/, adoles-THEN-te.