enternecer
Portuguese edit
Etymology edit
From en- + terno (“affectionate”) + -ecer. Compare Spanish enternecer.
Pronunciation edit
- (Brazil) IPA(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.teʁ.neˈse(ʁ)/ [ẽ.teɦ.neˈse(h)], (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.teʁ.neˈse(ʁ)/ [ĩ.teɦ.neˈse(h)]
- (São Paulo) IPA(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.teɾ.neˈse(ɾ)/, (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.teɾ.neˈse(ɾ)/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.teʁ.neˈse(ʁ)/ [ẽ.teʁ.neˈse(χ)], (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.teʁ.neˈse(ʁ)/ [ĩ.teʁ.neˈse(χ)]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.teɻ.neˈse(ɻ)/, (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.teɻ.neˈse(ɻ)/
- Hyphenation: en‧ter‧ne‧cer
Verb edit
enternecer (first-person singular present enterneço, first-person singular preterite enterneci, past participle enternecido)
- (transitive) to move (emotionally)
- Antonym: desenternecer
Conjugation edit
Conjugation of enternecer (c-ç alternation) (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)
Further reading edit
- “enternecer” in iDicionário Aulete.
- “enternecer” in Dicionário inFormal.
- “enternecer” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
- “enternecer” in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa. Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024.
- “enternecer” in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa.
- “enternecer” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.
Spanish edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
- IPA(key): (Spain) /enteɾneˈθeɾ/ [ẽn̪.t̪eɾ.neˈθeɾ]
- IPA(key): (Latin America) /enteɾneˈseɾ/ [ẽn̪.t̪eɾ.neˈseɾ]
- Rhymes: -eɾ
- Syllabification: en‧ter‧ne‧cer
Verb edit
enternecer (first-person singular present enternezco, first-person singular preterite enternecí, past participle enternecido)
- (transitive) to move; to touch (with emotions)
- 1869, Soledad Acosta de Samper, Teresa la Limeña:
- Teresa, al principio, no había podido menos que enternecerse con la muerte repentina del que fue su esposo
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Conjugation edit
Conjugation of enternecer (c-zc alternation) (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
Selected combined forms of enternecer (c-zc alternation)
These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.
Derived terms edit
Further reading edit
- “enternecer”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014