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Portuguese
Etymology
From Old Galician-Portuguese envelhecer. By surface analysis, en- + velho (“old”) + -ecer. Compare Galician envellecer, Spanish envejecer, Catalan envellir, Romanian învechi.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.ve.ʎeˈse(ʁ)/ , (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.ve.ʎeˈse(ʁ)/
- (Brazil) IPA(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.ve.ʎeˈse(ʁ)/ , (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.ve.ʎeˈse(ʁ)/
- (São Paulo) IPA(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.ve.ʎeˈse(ɾ)/, (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.ve.ʎeˈse(ɾ)/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.ve.ʎeˈse(ʁ)/ , (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.ve.ʎeˈse(ʁ)/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.ve.ʎeˈse(ɻ)/, (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.ve.ʎeˈse(ɻ)/
- Hyphenation: en‧ve‧lhe‧cer
Verb
envelhecer (first-person singular present envelheço, first-person singular preterite envelheci, past participle envelhecido)
- to age (grow old)
Conjugation