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Spanish
Etymology
From en- + rancio (“rancid, stale”) + -ar.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (Spain) /enranˈθjaɾ/
- IPA(key): (Latin America) /enranˈsjaɾ/
- Rhymes: -aɾ
- Syllabification: en‧ran‧ciar
Verb
enranciar (first-person singular present enrancio, first-person singular preterite enrancié, past participle enranciado)
- (transitive) to make rancid or stale
- (reflexive) to turn rancid or stale
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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