enlouquecer

Attested since circa 1300. From en- +‎ louco +‎ -ecer

• IPA^(key):

enlouquecer (first-person singular present enlouquezo, first-person singular preterite enlouquecín, past participle enlouquecido)
enlouquecer (first-person singular present enlouqueço, first-person singular preterite enlouquecim or enlouqueci, past participle enlouquecido, reintegrationist norm)

1. to go mad

   Synonym: tolear

• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “enlouqueçer”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “enlouquecer”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “enlouquecer”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• “enlouquecer” in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (2014).
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “enlouquecer”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

From en- +‎ louco (“mad”) +‎ -ecer. Compare Galician enlouquecer and Spanish enloquecer.

• Hyphenation: en‧lou‧que‧cer

enlouquecer (first-person singular present enlouqueço, first-person singular preterite enlouqueci, past participle enlouquecido)

1. to go mad

   Synonym: endoidecer