endurecer

• Rhymes: -eɾ
• Hyphenation: en‧du‧re‧cer

endurecer (first-person singular present endurezo, first-person singular preterite endurecín, past participle endurecido)
endurecer (first-person singular present endureço, first-person singular preterite endurecim or endureci, past participle endurecido, reintegrationist norm)

1. to harden

• “endurecer”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2025
• “endurecer” in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (2014).

From Latin indūrēscere, from indūrō. By surface analysis, en- +‎ duro (“hard”) +‎ -ecer. Compare Spanish endurecer.

• Hyphenation: en‧du‧re‧cer

endurecer (first-person singular present endureço, first-person singular preterite endureci, past participle endurecido)

1. to harden (become hard, make harder)

   Synonyms: enrijar, enrijecer

2. to strengthen

   Synonym: fortalecer

3. (figurative) to harden (become resistant or less sensitive)

   Synonyms: calejar, empedernir

4. to harden (get an erection)

   Antonym: (slang) broxar

• endurecedor
• endurecimento

• “endurecer” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913

From Latin indūrēscere, from indūrō. By surface analysis, en- +‎ duro +‎ -ecer.

• IPA^(key): /enduɾeˈθeɾ/ [ẽn̪.d̪u.ɾeˈθeɾ] (Spain)
• IPA^(key): /enduɾeˈseɾ/ [ẽn̪.d̪u.ɾeˈseɾ] (Latin America, Philippines)

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• Rhymes: -eɾ
• Syllabification: en‧du‧re‧cer

endurecer (first-person singular present endurezco, first-person singular preterite endurecí, past participle endurecido)

1. (transitive, reflexive) to harden, to toughen, make hard

• “endurecer”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024