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Asturian
Alternative forms
Etymology
From cana or from Latin incānēscō, incānēscere.
Verb
encanecer
- to go gray (to become gray)
Conjugation
This verb needs an inflection-table template.
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Spanish
Etymology
From cana or from Latin incānēscere.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (Spain) /enkaneˈθeɾ/
- IPA(key): (Latin America) /enkaneˈseɾ/
- Rhymes: -eɾ
- Syllabification: en‧ca‧ne‧cer
Verb
encanecer (first-person singular present encanezco, first-person singular preterite encanecí, past participle encanecido)
- to grey, go grey
- to grow old
- (reflexive) to go grey
Conjugation
1Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
2Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.
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