envellecer
Galician edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From Old Galician-Portuguese envellecer (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria): en- + vello (“old”) + -ecer.
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
envellecer (first-person singular present envellezo, first-person singular preterite envellecín, past participle envellecido)
- (transitive) to age
- Synonyms: avellar, avellentar, envellentar
- Para envellecermos con saúde cómpre facermos exercicio
- For aging healthy we must exercise
- (intransitive) to get old; to age
- Synonyms: avellar, avellentar, envellentar
Conjugation edit
Conjugation of envellecer (c-z alternation)
References edit
- “envellecer” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
- “envelle” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
- “envellecer” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
- “envellecer” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
- “envellecer” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.