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Re:Show HN: Desbordante 2.0.0 Released by jszymborski on Wednesday April 17, 2024 @12:11PM (#40066690)
Great name :)

For those unaware, "desbordante" means overflowing in French (and Spanish). In French, you can pronounce it as "d'eh-boar-daunt". I don't speak Spanish but I think you add an "ay" to the end of it.

Re:Show HN: Desbordante 2.0.0 Released by fasteo on Wednesday April 17, 2024 @12:18PM (#40066803)
At least in Spanish the literal meaning is as you said - overflowing, but it comes with the "feeling" of exultant, joyful. For example,

"El entusiasmo del público fue desbordante" would translate to "The enthusiasm of the public was overwhelming"

Re:Show HN: Desbordante 2.0.0 Released by BrandoElFollito on Wednesday April 17, 2024 @02:24PM (#40068382)
Desbordante is not a French word.

If you remove the s you get debordante which is still not French but adding an é makes débordante - yay, a French word :)

Débordante is a feminine adjective and indeed means "that is overflowing", often metaphorically.

Re:Show HN: Desbordante 2.0.0 Released by jszymborski on Wednesday April 17, 2024 @08:15PM (#40071584)
My mistake, I checked larousse but my eye glossed over the "s" evidently.
Re:Show HN: Desbordante 2.0.0 Released by BrandoElFollito on Thursday April 18, 2024 @03:32AM (#40073857)
Kudos to you for reaching to one of the best sources!

Interestingly enough, the construction "es" used to be present in older French (until ca. XVIII century) and then it transformed into "é". There are more of such transformations where a vowel + "s" changed into something else. A well-known one is os->ô like in hospital->hôpital (and the "os" is still visible in "hospitalité")

Re:Show HN: Desbordante 2.0.0 Released by alanvillalobos on Wednesday April 17, 2024 @03:00PM (#40068787)
Please don’t use “ay” as the sound in Spanish for e.

Instead, think the e sound in “met”.

Re:Show HN: Desbordante 2.0.0 Released by peoplefromibiza on Friday April 19, 2024 @09:50AM (#40086829)
> desbordante

as the saying goes: remove the "s" to get the Italian word -> debordante.