enmagrecer

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Spanish

Etymology

From en- +‎ magro +‎ -ecer.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (Spain) /emmaɡɾeˈθeɾ/
  • IPA(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /emmaɡɾeˈseɾ/
  • Rhymes: -eɾ
  • Syllabification: en‧ma‧gre‧cer

Verb

enmagrecer (first-person singular present enmagrezco, first-person singular preterite enmagrecí, past participle enmagrecido)

  1. to weaken
    • 2019 January 30, Jorge Castañeda, “La guerra en múltiples frentes”, in El Nacional‎:
      Veo la primera plana de mi periódico Reforma el sábado, recorro la enmagrecida primera sección del diario, y me pregunto en términos churchilianos: ¿cómo le ha hacho la 4T para abrir tantos frentes de tanta dificultad en tan poco tiempo?
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  2. (reflexive) to weaken

Conjugation

    Conjugation of enmagrecer (c-zc alternation) (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
infinitive enmagrecer
gerund enmagreciendo
past participle masculine feminine
singular enmagrecido enmagrecida
plural enmagrecidos enmagrecidas
singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
indicative yo tú
vos 		él/ella/ello
usted 		nosotros
nosotras 		vosotros
vosotras 		ellos/ellas
ustedes
present enmagrezco enmagrecestú
enmagrecésvos 		enmagrece enmagrecemos enmagrecéis enmagrecen
imperfect enmagrecía enmagrecías enmagrecía enmagrecíamos enmagrecíais enmagrecían
preterite enmagrecí enmagreciste enmagreció enmagrecimos enmagrecisteis enmagrecieron
future enmagreceré enmagrecerás enmagrecerá enmagreceremos enmagreceréis enmagrecerán
conditional enmagrecería enmagrecerías enmagrecería enmagreceríamos enmagreceríais enmagrecerían
subjunctive yo tú
vos 		él/ella/ello
usted 		nosotros
nosotras 		vosotros
vosotras 		ellos/ellas
ustedes
present enmagrezca enmagrezcastú
enmagrezcásvos2 		enmagrezca enmagrezcamos enmagrezcáis enmagrezcan
imperfect
(ra) 		enmagreciera enmagrecieras enmagreciera enmagreciéramos enmagrecierais enmagrecieran
imperfect
(se) 		enmagreciese enmagrecieses enmagreciese enmagreciésemos enmagrecieseis enmagreciesen
future1 enmagreciere enmagrecieres enmagreciere enmagreciéremos enmagreciereis enmagrecieren
imperative — tú
vos 		usted nosotros
nosotras 		vosotros
vosotras 		ustedes
affirmative enmagrecetú
enmagrecévos 		enmagrezca enmagrezcamos enmagreced enmagrezcan
negative no enmagrezcas no enmagrezca no enmagrezcamos no enmagrezcáis no enmagrezcan

1Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
2Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.

    Selected combined forms of enmagrecer (c-zc alternation)

These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.

singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
with infinitive enmagrecer
dative enmagrecerme enmagrecerte enmagrecerle, enmagrecerse enmagrecernos enmagreceros enmagrecerles, enmagrecerse
accusative enmagrecerme enmagrecerte enmagrecerlo, enmagrecerla, enmagrecerse enmagrecernos enmagreceros enmagrecerlos, enmagrecerlas, enmagrecerse
with gerund enmagreciendo
dative enmagreciéndome enmagreciéndote enmagreciéndole, enmagreciéndose enmagreciéndonos enmagreciéndoos enmagreciéndoles, enmagreciéndose
accusative enmagreciéndome enmagreciéndote enmagreciéndolo, enmagreciéndola, enmagreciéndose enmagreciéndonos enmagreciéndoos enmagreciéndolos, enmagreciéndolas, enmagreciéndose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative enmagrece
dative enmagréceme enmagrécete enmagrécele enmagrécenos not used enmagréceles
accusative enmagréceme enmagrécete enmagrécelo, enmagrécela enmagrécenos not used enmagrécelos, enmagrécelas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative enmagrecé
dative enmagreceme enmagrecete enmagrecele enmagrecenos not used enmagreceles
accusative enmagreceme enmagrecete enmagrecelo, enmagrecela enmagrecenos not used enmagrecelos, enmagrecelas
with formal second-person singular imperative enmagrezca
dative enmagrézcame not used enmagrézcale, enmagrézcase enmagrézcanos not used enmagrézcales
accusative enmagrézcame not used enmagrézcalo, enmagrézcala, enmagrézcase enmagrézcanos not used enmagrézcalos, enmagrézcalas
with first-person plural imperative enmagrezcamos
dative not used enmagrezcámoste enmagrezcámosle enmagrezcámonos enmagrezcámoos enmagrezcámosles
accusative not used enmagrezcámoste enmagrezcámoslo, enmagrezcámosla enmagrezcámonos enmagrezcámoos enmagrezcámoslos, enmagrezcámoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative enmagreced
dative enmagrecedme not used enmagrecedle enmagrecednos enmagreceos enmagrecedles
accusative enmagrecedme not used enmagrecedlo, enmagrecedla enmagrecednos enmagreceos enmagrecedlos, enmagrecedlas
with formal second-person plural imperative enmagrezcan
dative enmagrézcanme not used enmagrézcanle enmagrézcannos not used enmagrézcanles, enmagrézcanse
accusative enmagrézcanme not used enmagrézcanlo, enmagrézcanla enmagrézcannos not used enmagrézcanlos, enmagrézcanlas, enmagrézcanse

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