esmorecer

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Galician

Etymology

Unknown. From Old Galician-Portuguese esmorecer (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from esmorir (to faint) +‎ -ecer, possibly from Vulgar Latin emorescĕre, frequentative of Latin ēmori, ēmorior (I die (out)), from Latin morior (to die), whence Galician morrer (to die); but note also Old English smorian (to choke, suffocate). Cognate to Portuguese esmorecer and Spanish esmorecer.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /esmoɾeˈθeɾ/, (western) /esmoɾeˈseɾ/

Verb

esmorecer (first-person singular present esmorezo, first-person singular preterite esmorecín, past participle esmorecido)
esmorecer (first-person singular present esmoreço, first-person singular preterite esmorecim or esmoreci, past participle esmorecido, reintegrationist norm)

  1. (intransitive) to falter, wilt
    Antonym: desesmorecer
  2. (intransitive) to decay, wither
  3. (intransitive) to faint
    • c. 1350, Kelvin M. Parker (ed.), Historia Troyana. Santiago: Instituto "Padre Sarmiento", page 288:
      Et esmoresçeu en tal maneyra que pouco nẽ moyto nõ suspiraua nẽ saya d'ela folgo.
      And she fainted in such a way that, neither much nor little, she didn't sigh nor breathe

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Portuguese

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin emorescĕre, frequentative of Latin ēmori, ēmorior (to die (out)),[1] from Latin morior (to die), whence Portuguese morrer (to die); but note also Old English smorian (to choke, suffocate). Cognate to Galician and Spanish esmorecer.

Pronunciation

 
 

  • Hyphenation: es‧mo‧re‧cer

Verb

esmorecer (first-person singular present esmoreço, first-person singular preterite esmoreci, past participle esmorecido)

  1. (transitive) to dishearten; discourage
    Synonym: desalentar
  2. (intransitive) to falter; wilt
    Synonym: desanimar

Conjugation

References

  1. ^ esmorecer”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 20032024

Spanish

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin emorescĕre, frequentative of Latin ēmori, ēmorior (to die (out)), from Latin morior (to die), whence Spanish murrir (to die); but note also Old English smorian (to choke, suffocate). Cognate to Galician esmorecer and Portuguese esmorecer.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (Spain) /esmoɾeˈθeɾ/
  • IPA(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /esmoɾeˈseɾ/
  • Rhymes: -eɾ
  • Syllabification: es‧mo‧re‧cer

Verb

esmorecer (first-person singular present esmorezco, first-person singular preterite esmorecí, past participle esmorecido)

  1. (intransitive, reflexive, Andalusia, Cantabria, Venezuela) to falter; wilt
    Synonyms: desfallecer, esmorecerse

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