Galician

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Etymology

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From Old Galician-Portuguese encher (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Latin implēre. Compare Portuguese encher.

Verb

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encher (first-person singular present encho, first-person singular preterite enchín, past participle enchido)
encher (first-person singular present encho, first-person singular preterite enchim or enchi, past participle enchido, reintegrationist norm)

  1. (transitive, reflexive) to fill
    Antonyms: baleirar, baldeirar
    • 2019 May 17, “Milleiros de galegos maniféstanse a prol da nosa lingua”, in G24[1]:
      As rúas de varias vilas e cidades enchíanse de xente que se manifestaba a prol da lingua.
      The streets of several towns and cities filled with people who protested in support of the [Galician] language.
  2. to sate
    Synonyms: fartar, saciar
  3. to flood (a river)
  4. to flood (the tide)
  5. to bore, tire
    Synonym: fartar

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Portuguese

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Etymology

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Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese encher, from Latin implēre. Compare Galician encher.

Pronunciation

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  • (Brazil) IPA(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽˈʃe(ʁ)/ [ẽˈʃe(h)], (natural pronunciation) /ĩˈʃe(ʁ)/ [ĩˈʃe(h)]
    • (São Paulo) IPA(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽˈʃe(ɾ)/, (natural pronunciation) /ĩˈʃe(ɾ)/
    • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽˈʃe(ʁ)/ [ẽˈʃe(χ)], (natural pronunciation) /ĩˈʃe(ʁ)/ [ĩˈʃe(χ)]
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽˈʃe(ɻ)/, (natural pronunciation) /ĩˈʃe(ɻ)/
 

  • Hyphenation: en‧cher

Verb

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encher (first-person singular present encho, first-person singular preterite enchi, past participle enchido)

  1. to fill, fill up
  2. to inflate (e.g. a balloon or a tyre)

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For quotations using this term, see Citations:encher.

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Descendants

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  • Macanese: inchí, enchê

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Further reading

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  • encher” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913