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Spanish
Etymology
From the obsolete verb entecarse "become weak, sickly".
Adjective
enteco (feminine enteca, masculine plural entecos, feminine plural entecas)
- sickly, frail, weak
- Synonyms: endeble, enfermizo, enclenque, malsano, débil, delicado, frágil, quebradizo
1871, José María de Pereda, Don Gonzalo González de la Gonzalera:los maíces se estiraban en la mies, pálidos y entecos, clamando por una azada que los librase del pan de cuco que les chupaba el jugo de la tierra, y el ganado mugía en los pesebres, azotándose hambriento los hundidos ijares con el rabo.- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Verb
enteco
- only used in me enteco, first-person singular present indicative of entecarse
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