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Spanish
Etymology
From en- + callo (“callus”) + -ecer. Compare Portuguese encalecer.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (Spain) /enkaʝeˈθeɾ/
- IPA(key): (most of Spain) /enkaʝeˈθeɾ/
- IPA(key): (rural northern Spain) /enkaʎeˈθeɾ/
- IPA(key): (Latin America) /enkaʝeˈseɾ/
- 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)
- 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.- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
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