No. 974 in Portuguese
agente
"Agente" in Portuguese means "agent" or "we" (colloquial).
In a sentence
O agente secreto entrou no edifício discretamente.
The secret agent entered the building discretely.
Here, 'agente' refers to a person performing a specific role, in this case, a 'secret agent'.
Agente precisa terminar o projeto antes do prazo.
We need to finish the project before the deadline.
In this example, 'agente' is colloquially used as a substitute for 'a gente', meaning 'we' or 'us' in informal speech.
O agente causador da doença foi identificado pelo laboratório.
The causative agent of the disease was identified by the laboratory.
Here, 'agente' is used as part of a scientific or medical term, meaning 'agent', referring to the causative factor of a condition.
Hear it in real podcasts
The recording above is a synthetic voice. Hear how people say “agente” in actual Portuguese podcasts.
Find “agente” in podcastsLearn it from shows you like
LangTurbo plays Portuguese podcasts with a transcript and the English under every line. Tap a word like this one and it tells you what it means right there. For iPhone, iPad and Android.
Learning English?
LangTurbo plays real English podcasts with every line translated into português, and tells you what any word means in that sentence. For iPhone, iPad and Android.
Portuguese books and courses on Amazon (an affiliate link: a purchase through it supports this site).