engrescar

From en- +‎ gresca (“fun”) +‎ -ar.

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [əŋ.ɡɾəsˈka]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [eŋ.ɡɾesˈkaɾ]

engrescar (first-person singular present engresco, first-person singular preterite engresquí, past participle engrescat); root stress: (Central) /ɛ/; (Valencia) /e/; (Balearic) /ə/

1. (transitive) to rouse, to liven up, to encourage

   Synonyms: incitar, excitar, entusiasmar

2. (pronominal) to get excited, to be keen [with amb ‘on’]
   • 1919, Josep M. de Sagarra, Paulina Buxareu:

     Era diumenge, feia molt temps que no havia estat al Parc, i va pensar: —Anirem a veure les bèsties.— Un artista com ell s'engrescava sempre amb els gestos i els moviments d'aquells animals exòtics.

     It was Sunday, it had been a while since he'd been to the Zoo, and he thought, "Let's go see the animals." An artist like him was always delighted by the gestures and movements of those exotic animals.

• desengrescar
• engrescador
• engrescament

• “engrescar” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
• “engrescar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
• “engrescar”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007

• IPA^(key): /enɡɾesˈkaɾ/ [ẽŋ.ɡɾesˈkaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: en‧gres‧car

engrescar (first-person singular present engresco, first-person singular preterite engresqué, past participle engrescado)

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• “engrescar”, 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