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Spanish
Etymology
Inherited from Latin nīgrēscere. By surface analysis, negro + -ecer.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (Spain) /neɡɾeˈθeɾ/
- IPA(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /neɡɾeˈseɾ/
- Rhymes: -eɾ
- Syllabification: ne‧gre‧cer
Verb
negrecer (first-person singular present negrezco, first-person singular preterite negrecí, past participle negrecido)
- to turn black, become black
Conjugation
1Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
2Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.
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