Portuguese edit

Etymology edit

From em- +‎ burro +‎ -ecer.

Pronunciation edit

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.bu.ʁeˈse(ʁ)/ [ẽ.bu.heˈse(h)], (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.bu.ʁeˈse(ʁ)/ [ĩ.bu.heˈse(h)]
    • (São Paulo) IPA(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.bu.ʁeˈse(ɾ)/ [ẽ.bu.heˈse(ɾ)], (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.bu.ʁeˈse(ɾ)/ [ĩ.bu.heˈse(ɾ)]
    • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.bu.ʁeˈse(ʁ)/ [ẽ.bu.χeˈse(χ)], (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.bu.ʁeˈse(ʁ)/ [ĩ.bu.χeˈse(χ)]
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.bu.ʁeˈse(ɻ)/ [ẽ.bu.heˈse(ɻ)], (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.bu.ʁeˈse(ɻ)/ [ĩ.bu.heˈse(ɻ)]
 

  • Hyphenation: em‧bur‧re‧cer

Verb edit

emburrecer (first-person singular present emburreço, first-person singular preterite emburreci, past participle emburrecido)

  1. to get or make dumb, less intelligent

Conjugation edit

Derived terms edit