encallecer

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Spanish

Etymology

From en- +‎ callo (callus) +‎ -ecer. Compare Portuguese encalecer.

Pronunciation

 
  • IPA(key): (most of Spain) /enkaʝeˈθeɾ/
  • IPA(key): (rural northern Spain) /enkaʎeˈθeɾ/
 
  • IPA(key): (most of Latin America) /enkaʝeˈseɾ/
  • IPA(key): (Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines) /enkaʎeˈseɾ/
  • IPA(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /enkaʃeˈseɾ/
  • IPA(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /enkaʒeˈseɾ/

  • Rhymes: -eɾ
  • Syllabification: en‧ca‧lle‧cer

Verb

encallecer (first-person singular present encallezco, first-person singular preterite encallecí, past participle encallecido)

  1. to harden, toughen up
    • 2015 September 28, “El ‘hat-trick’ de Dylan”, in El País:
      Impresiona el carisma, la audacia de aquel veinteañero: imaginen a los encallecidos profesionales de Nashville, pelos cortos y pantalones de poliéster, estajanovistas inactivos mientras Dylan remataba sus letras más complejas.
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