recentes

Recentes is the plural form of the Portuguese adjective recente, meaning new, fresh, or current. It derives from Latin recens. In Portuguese, the adjective has four basic forms by gender and number: singular masculine recente, singular feminine recente, and plural recent es for both genders; the plural form is recentes. The word is used as a modifier before a noun, as in casos recentes, notícias recentes, and evidências recentes. It can also function predicatively, as in as decisões são recentes.

Although uncommon, recente can be used as a substantive in some contexts to refer to the recent items discussed, but typical usage clarifies meaning by accompanying the noun (for example, os recentes acontecimentos). In practice, the plural recente s is chosen to agree with the noun it describes.

In usage, recentes conveys the sense of recency and is common in journalism, academic writing, and everyday speech. It is cognate with Spanish recientes and French récent, all sharing the same Latin root recens, meaning fresh or new. The term Recentes does not denote a distinct organization, place, or person in widely known sources; it is primarily a grammatical form within Portuguese.