reluctante

Latin

Participle

relū̆ctante

1. ablative masculine/feminine/neuter singular of relū̆ctāns

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin relūctantem, present participle of relūctor (“to struggle against, oppose, resist”), from re- (“back”) + lūctor (“to struggle”).

Adjective

reluctante m or f (masculine and feminine plural reluctantes)

1. reluctant
2. stubborn

Further reading

• “reluctante”, in Diccionario de la lengua española (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy, 2023 November 28