potente

/poˈtente/ · B2 · adj

powerful

💪 potente = POTENT-e: same word as potent, just add an e

Spanish potente comes from Latin potens, meaning able or powerful, and it is a direct cognate of English potent. Hear the first part, pot-, as the same root in potential and possible: all about having power to do something.

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