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Recente is a term that appears in several Romance languages as an adjective meaning “recent” or “happening in the near past.” It can also serve as a proper noun in some contexts, though such uses are less common.

Etymology: Recente derives from Latin recens, meaning new or fresh. It shares cognates with the English word recent and with related forms in Spanish, Italian, Portuguese, and other Romance languages.

Usage by language: In Spanish, reciente is used for both masculine and feminine nouns in the singular and takes the plural recientes. In Italian, recente is the singular form and the plural is recenti, used for both genders. In Portuguese, recente is the singular form; the plural is recentes. In Romanian, the equivalent adjective is recent, not recente.

Proper nouns: As a proper noun, Recente occurs occasionally as a surname or as a fictional place name in literature or branding, but it is not tied to a single widely recognized entity.

In linguistic study and lexicography, Recente illustrates how Romance adjectives encode the notion of recency with gender and number agreement, and how capitalization can mark a proper noun.