denegrir
Galician edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
Attested since 1671. From Latin dēnigrāre (“to blacken”). Compare English denigrate.
Verb edit
denegrir (third-person only, third-person singular present denigre, third-person singular preterite denegriu, past participle denegrido)
denegrir (first-person singular present denigro, third-person singular present denigre, first-person singular preterite denegrim or denegri, past participle denegrido, reintegrationist norm)
- (takes a reflexive pronoun) to blacken; to turn black or livid
- Denegriúselle a perna polo choque. ― His leg turned livid because of the clash.
- 1671, Gabriel Feijoo de Araujo, Contenda dos labradores de Caldelas:
- Juro por tantos, è cantos / que à an de uer denegrada, / anque a justicia me lebe / os bois da corte, yas bacas. / eu pido vsos, e custumes / calen barbas, falen cartas
- I swear by each and every one that they shall see it livid, even though Justice takes away my oxen from the stables and the cows. I ask for customs and habits, actions speak louder than words.
Conjugation edit
Conjugation of denegrir (third-person only; e becomes i when stressed)
| Singular | Plural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| First-person (eu) |
Second-person (ti) |
Third-person (el / ela / Vde.) |
First-person (nós) |
Second-person (vós) |
Third-person (eles / elas / Vdes.) | |
| Infinitive | ||||||
| Impersonal | denegrir | |||||
| Personal | — | — | denegrir | — | — | denegriren |
| Gerund | ||||||
| denegrindo | ||||||
| Past participle | ||||||
| Masculine | denegrido | denegridos | ||||
| Feminine | denegrida | denegridas | ||||
| Indicative | ||||||
| Present | — | — | denigre | — | — | denigren |
| Imperfect | — | — | denegría | — | — | denegrían |
| Preterite | — | — | denegriu | — | — | denegriron |
| Pluperfect | — | — | denegrira | — | — | denegriran |
| Future | — | — | denegrirá | — | — | denegrirán |
| Conditional | — | — | denegriría | — | — | denegrirían |
| Subjunctive | ||||||
| Present | — | — | denigra | — | — | denigran |
| Imperfect | — | — | denegrise | — | — | denegrisen |
| Future | — | — | denegrir | — | — | denegriren |
| Imperative | ||||||
| Affirmative | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Negative (non) | — | — | — | — | — | |
Reintegrated conjugation of denegrir (e becomes i when stressed) (See Appendix:Reintegrationism)
1Less recommended.
Derived terms edit
References edit
- “denegreçer” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
- “denegr” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
- “denegrir” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
- “denegrir” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
- “denegrir” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
Portuguese edit
Alternative forms edit
Pronunciation edit
- Hyphenation: de‧ne‧grir
Verb edit
denegrir (first-person singular present denigro, third-person singular present denigre, first-person singular preterite denegri, past participle denegrido)
- (transitive) denigrate (to criticise so as to besmirch; to treat as worthless)
Conjugation edit
Conjugation of denegrir (e becomes i when stressed) (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)