entristecer

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese entrestecer. By surface analysis, en- +‎ triste (“sad”) +‎ -ecer.

entristecer (first-person singular present entristezo, first-person singular preterite entristecín, past participle entristecido)

1. (transitive) to sadden (to make sad)

• “entristecer”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2024

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese entrestecer. By surface analysis, en- +‎ triste (“sad”) +‎ -ecer. Compare Spanish entristecer.

• Hyphenation: en‧tris‧te‧cer

entristecer (first-person singular present entristeço, first-person singular preterite entristeci, past participle entristecido)

1. to sadden (make or become sad)

   Synonyms: afligir, entristar, infelicitar

   Antonyms: alegrar, animar

From en- +‎ triste +‎ -ecer.

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /entɾisteˈθeɾ/
• IPA^(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /entɾisteˈseɾ/
• Rhymes: -eɾ
• Syllabification: en‧tris‧te‧cer

entristecer (first-person singular present entristezco, first-person singular preterite entristecí, past participle entristecido)

1. (transitive) to sadden, make sad

• “entristecer”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28