envejecer
Spanish
editEtymology
editFrom en- + viejo + -ecer. Compare Portuguese envelhecer, Catalan envellir.
Pronunciation
edit- IPA(key): (Spain) /embexeˈθeɾ/ [ẽm.be.xeˈθeɾ]
- IPA(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /embexeˈseɾ/ [ẽm.be.xeˈseɾ]
Audio (Colombia): (file) - Rhymes: -eɾ
- Syllabification: en‧ve‧je‧cer
Verb
editenvejecer (first-person singular present envejezco, first-person singular preterite envejecí, past participle envejecido)
- (intransitive) to get old
- (transitive) to age
- (reflexive) to age, grow old
Conjugation
edit Conjugation of envejecer (c-zc alternation) (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
Selected combined forms of envejecer (c-zc alternation)
These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.
Synonyms
editRelated terms
editFurther reading
edit- “envejecer”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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