engrescar
Catalan
editEtymology
editFrom en- + gresca (“fun”) + -ar.
Pronunciation
editVerb
editengrescar (first-person singular present engresco, first-person singular preterite engresquí, past participle engrescat); root stress: (Central) /ɛ/; (Valencia) /e/; (Balearic) /ə/
- (transitive) to rouse, to liven up, to encourage
- Synonyms: incitar, excitar, entusiasmar
- (pronominal) to get excited, to be keen [with amb ‘on’]
- 1919, Josep M. de Sagarra, Paulina Buxareu:
- Era diumenge, feia molt temps que no havia estat al Parc, i va pensar: —Anirem a veure les bèsties.— Un artista com ell s'engrescava sempre amb els gestos i els moviments d'aquells animals exòtics.
- It was Sunday, it had been a while since he'd been to the Zoo, and he thought, "Let's go see the animals." An artist like him was always delighted by the gestures and movements of those exotic animals.
Conjugation
edit Conjugation of engrescar (first conjugation, c-qu alternation)
Derived terms
editFurther reading
edit- “engrescar” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
- “engrescar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
- “engrescar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
Spanish
editPronunciation
editVerb
editengrescar (first-person singular present engresco, first-person singular preterite engresqué, past participle engrescado)
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Conjugation
edit Conjugation of engrescar (c-qu alternation) (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
Selected combined forms of engrescar (c-qu alternation)
These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.
Further reading
edit- “engrescar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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