enegrecer

Portuguese

Etymology

From e- + negro (black) + -ecer. Cf. also Latin nigresco, nigrescere. Compare Spanish ennegrecer, Catalan ennegrir, ennegreixo, Italian annerire, annerisco, French noircir, noircis, Romanian înnegri, înnegresc.

Pronunciation

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /e.ne.ɡɾeˈse(ʁ)/ [e.ne.ɡɾeˈse(h)]
    • (São Paulo) IPA(key): /e.ne.ɡɾeˈse(ɾ)/
    • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /e.ne.ɡɾeˈse(ʁ)/ [e.ne.ɡɾeˈse(χ)]
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /e.ne.ɡɾeˈse(ɻ)/
 
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /i.nɨ.ɡɾɨˈseɾ/ [i.nɨ.ɣɾɨˈseɾ]
    • (Southern Portugal) IPA(key): /i.nɨ.ɡɾɨˈse.ɾi/ [i.nɨ.ɣɾɨˈse.ɾi]

  • Hyphenation: e‧ne‧gre‧cer

Verb

enegrecer (first-person singular present enegreço, first-person singular preterite enegreci, past participle enegrecido)

  1. (transitive) to blacken (to make black)
  2. (intransitive) to blacken (to become black)

Conjugation

This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.