estarrecer

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Galician

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese esterreçer (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Vulgar Latin *exterrescere, frequentative of Latin exterrēre. Cognate of Portuguese estarrecer.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /estareˈθeɾ/, (western) /estareˈseɾ/

Verb

estarrecer (first-person singular present estarrezo, first-person singular preterite estarrecín, past participle estarrecido)
estarrecer (first-person singular present estarreço, first-person singular preterite estarrecim or estarreci, past participle estarrecido, reintegrationist norm)

  1. (pronominal or intransitive) to be terrified; to shiver
    Synonym: arrepiar
    • 1898, E. Carré Aldao, Rayolas:
      Naquela noite ¡ ou meu fillo ! tiven un soño que inda me fai hoxe estarrecer cando del me acordo
      That night, oh my son, I got a dream that still to this day makes me shiver when I remember it

Conjugation

References

Portuguese

Etymology

Inherited from Vulgar Latin exterrēscere, frequentative of Latin exterrēre.

Pronunciation

 
 

  • Hyphenation: es‧tar‧re‧cer

Verb

estarrecer (first-person singular present estarreço, first-person singular preterite estarreci, past participle estarrecido)

  1. (transitive) to terrify, to frighten
  2. (reflexive) to be terrified

Conjugation

Further reading

  • HOUAISS, A. and DE SALLES VILLAR, M. Minidicionário Houaiss da língua portuguesa. Rio de Janeiro: Objetiva, 2008.
  • Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa. São Paulo: Encyclopaedia Britannica do Brasil Publicações Ltda., 1976.