What does «deferente» mean in Spanish?
- Showing deference: courtesy and respect; respectful.
Examples of use in Spanish: "saludo deferente", "trato deferente".
- He is very accommodating to other people's requests or opinions, without supporting his own; condescending.
Examples of use in Spanish: "creo que eres demasiado deferente con tu hijo mayor, le dejas hacer lo que quiere".
"a muchos les ha molestado el trato deferente del presidente Trump al mandatario ruso Putin".
- Leading outside, to the exterior. Applied especially to the ejaculatory duct of the testicles.
Examples of use in Spanish: "conducto deferente".
- According to geocentrism, a circle described by the center of the epicycle of a planet revolving around the Earth. For geocentrism, seven planets revolved around the Earth, describing two trajectories: a major one around the Earth, called deferent, and a minor one around points of the deferent, called epicycle.
Examples of use in Spanish: "En el sistema ptolemaico, cada planeta es movido por dos o más esferas: una esfera es su deferente que se centra en la Tierra, y la otra esfera es el epiciclo que se encaja en el deferente".
- (conductos deferentes) Muscular tubes between 35 and 45 cm in length that connect the epididymis with the ejaculatory ducts, intermediating the path of semen between them.
Examples of use in Spanish: "la vasectomía consiste en la sección y ligadura de los conductos deferentes".