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Portuguese
Etymology
Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese encoller, from en- (“in-”) + coller (“collect”), from Latin colligō (“to collect”), from con- + legō (“to bring together, to gather, to collect”), from Proto-Indo-European *leǵ-.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.koˈʎe(ʁ)/ , (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.koˈʎe(ʁ)/
- (Brazil) IPA(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.koˈʎe(ʁ)/ , (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.koˈʎe(ʁ)/
- (São Paulo) IPA(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.koˈʎe(ɾ)/, (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.koˈʎe(ɾ)/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.koˈʎe(ʁ)/ , (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.koˈʎe(ʁ)/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.koˈʎe(ɻ)/, (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.koˈʎe(ɻ)/
Verb
encolher (first-person singular present encolho, first-person singular preterite encolhi, past participle encolhido)
- (intransitive) to shrink; to become smaller
- Synonyms: diminuir, retrair, contrair, reduzir, entanguir
- (transitive) to shrink; to cause something to become smaller
- Synonyms: diminuir, reduzir, encurtar
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