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  • (Brazil) IPA(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.toʁ.peˈse(ʁ)/ [ẽ.toh.peˈse(h)], (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.toʁ.peˈse(ʁ)/ [ĩ.toh.peˈse(h)]
    • (São Paulo) IPA(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.toɾ.peˈse(ɾ)/, (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.toɾ.peˈse(ɾ)/
    • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.toʁ.peˈse(ʁ)/ [ẽ.toχ.peˈse(χ)], (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.toʁ.peˈse(ʁ)/ [ĩ.toχ.peˈse(χ)]
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.toɻ.peˈse(ɻ)/, (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.toɻ.peˈse(ɻ)/
 

  • Hyphenation: en‧tor‧pe‧cer

Verb edit

entorpecer (first-person singular present entorpeço, first-person singular preterite entorpeci, past participle entorpecido)

  1. to numb (to cause to become numb)
  2. to stupefy (dull the senses or capacity to think)
    Synonym: estupeficar

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Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): (Spain) /entoɾpeˈθeɾ/ [ẽn̪.t̪oɾ.peˈθeɾ]
  • IPA(key): (Latin America) /entoɾpeˈseɾ/ [ẽn̪.t̪oɾ.peˈseɾ]
  • Rhymes: -eɾ
  • Syllabification: en‧tor‧pe‧cer

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entorpecer (first-person singular present entorpezco, first-person singular preterite entorpecí, past participle entorpecido)

  1. (transitive) to dull, blunt
  2. (transitive) to make sluggish
  3. (transitive) to delay, obstruct

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