agente

/aˈxente/ · A1 · noun · mf

agent

👮 agente = agent: Latin agens, the one who acts (from agere, to do)

Same word as English agent, but the g before e is a throaty h sound: ah-HEN-teh. In Spain and Latin America it is also the everyday word for a police officer. One form for both genders: el agente, la agente.

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