envelhecer
Portuguese
editEtymology
editFrom Old Galician-Portuguese envelhecer. By surface analysis, en- + velho (“old”) + -ecer. Compare Galician envellecer, Spanish envejecer, Catalan envellir, Romanian învechi.
Pronunciation
edit- (Brazil) IPA(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.ve.ʎeˈse(ʁ)/ [ẽ.ve.ʎeˈse(h)], (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.ve.ʎeˈse(ʁ)/ [ĩ.ve.ʎeˈse(h)]
- (São Paulo) IPA(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.ve.ʎeˈse(ɾ)/, (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.ve.ʎeˈse(ɾ)/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.ve.ʎeˈse(ʁ)/ [ẽ.ve.ʎeˈse(χ)], (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.ve.ʎeˈse(ʁ)/ [ĩ.ve.ʎeˈse(χ)]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.ve.ʎeˈse(ɻ)/, (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.ve.ʎeˈse(ɻ)/
- Hyphenation: en‧ve‧lhe‧cer
Verb
editenvelhecer (first-person singular present envelheço, first-person singular preterite envelheci, past participle envelhecido)
- to age (grow old)
Conjugation
edit Conjugation of envelhecer (c-ç alternation) (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)
Categories:
- Portuguese terms inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese
- Portuguese terms derived from Old Galician-Portuguese
- Portuguese verbs prefixed with en-
- Portuguese verbs suffixed with -ecer
- Portuguese 4-syllable words
- Portuguese terms with IPA pronunciation
- Portuguese 5-syllable words
- Portuguese lemmas
- Portuguese verbs
- Portuguese verbs ending in -er
- Portuguese verbs with c-ç alternation
- pt:Age