embranquecer
Portuguese edit
Etymology edit
From em- + branco (“white”) + -ecer.
Pronunciation edit
- (Brazil) IPA(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.bɾɐ̃.keˈse(ʁ)/ [ẽ.bɾɐ̃.keˈse(h)], (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.bɾɐ̃.keˈse(ʁ)/ [ĩ.bɾɐ̃.keˈse(h)]
- (São Paulo) IPA(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.bɾɐ̃.keˈse(ɾ)/, (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.bɾɐ̃.keˈse(ɾ)/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.bɾɐ̃.keˈse(ʁ)/ [ẽ.bɾɐ̃.keˈse(χ)], (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.bɾɐ̃.keˈse(ʁ)/ [ĩ.bɾɐ̃.keˈse(χ)]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.bɾɐ̃.keˈse(ɻ)/, (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.bɾɐ̃.keˈse(ɻ)/
- Hyphenation: em‧bran‧que‧cer
Verb edit
embranquecer (first-person singular present embranqueço, first-person singular preterite embranqueci, past participle embranquecido)
- (transitive) to whiten (to make white or whiter)
- Synonym: branquear
- (intransitive) to whiten (to become white or whiter)
- Synonym: encanecer
Conjugation edit
Conjugation of embranquecer (c-ç alternation) (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)