adolescent

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BrE /əˈdɒl.es.ənt/ AmE /əˈdɑːl.səs.ənt/

noun / adjective en → es

1 PERSON [singular] A2

a young person who is between childhood and adulthood, usually from about the age of 13 to 19

adolescente

Collocations adolescent boy/girl · adolescent years

  • She was a shy adolescent.

    Ella era una adolescente tímida.

2 BEHAVIOR [adjective] B1

behaving in an immature or irresponsible way, especially because of being young and inexperienced

adolescente (en comportamiento)

Collocations adolescent behavior · adolescent attitude

  • His adolescent behavior was embarrassing.

    Su comportamiento adolescente era embarazoso.