enternecer
Portuguese
Etymology
From en- + terno (“affectionate”) + -ecer. Compare Spanish enternecer.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.teʁ.neˈse(ʁ)/ [ẽ.teɦ.neˈse(h)], (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.teʁ.neˈse(ʁ)/ [ĩ.teɦ.neˈse(h)]
- (São Paulo) IPA(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.teɾ.neˈse(ɾ)/, (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.teɾ.neˈse(ɾ)/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.teʁ.neˈse(ʁ)/ [ẽ.teʁ.neˈse(χ)], (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.teʁ.neˈse(ʁ)/ [ĩ.teʁ.neˈse(χ)]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.teɻ.neˈse(ɻ)/, (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.teɻ.neˈse(ɻ)/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /ẽ.tɨɾ.nɨˈseɾ/
- (Southern Portugal) IPA(key): /ẽ.tɨɾ.nɨˈse.ɾi/
- Hyphenation: en‧ter‧ne‧cer
Verb
enternecer (first-person singular present enterneço, first-person singular preterite enterneci, past participle enternecido)
- (transitive) to move (emotionally)
- Antonym: desenternecer
Conjugation
Conjugation of enternecer (c-ç alternation) (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)
Further reading
- “enternecer”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025
- “enternecer”, in Dicionário inFormal (in Portuguese), 2006–2025
- “enternecer” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
- “enternecer”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
- “enternecer”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2025
- “enternecer”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025
Spanish
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /enteɾneˈθeɾ/ [ẽn̪.t̪eɾ.neˈθeɾ] (Spain)
- IPA(key): /enteɾneˈseɾ/ [ẽn̪.t̪eɾ.neˈseɾ] (Latin America, Philippines)
- Rhymes: -eɾ
- Syllabification: en‧ter‧ne‧cer
Verb
enternecer (first-person singular present enternezco, first-person singular preterite enternecí, past participle enternecido)
- (transitive) to move; to touch (with emotions)
- 1869, Soledad Acosta de Samper, Teresa la Limeña:
- Teresa, al principio, no había podido menos que enternecerse con la muerte repentina del que fue su esposo
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Conjugation
Conjugation of enternecer (c-zc alternation) (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
Selected combined forms of enternecer (c-zc alternation)
These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.
| singular | plural | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | ||
| with infinitive enternecer | dative | enternecerme | enternecerte | enternecerle, enternecerse | enternecernos | enterneceros | enternecerles, enternecerse |
| accusative | enternecerme | enternecerte | enternecerlo, enternecerla, enternecerse | enternecernos | enterneceros | enternecerlos, enternecerlas, enternecerse | |
| with gerund enterneciendo | dative | enterneciéndome | enterneciéndote | enterneciéndole, enterneciéndose | enterneciéndonos | enterneciéndoos | enterneciéndoles, enterneciéndose |
| accusative | enterneciéndome | enterneciéndote | enterneciéndolo, enterneciéndola, enterneciéndose | enterneciéndonos | enterneciéndoos | enterneciéndolos, enterneciéndolas, enterneciéndose | |
| with informal second-person singular tú imperative enternece | dative | enternéceme | enternécete | enternécele | enternécenos | not used | enternéceles |
| accusative | enternéceme | enternécete | enternécelo, enternécela | enternécenos | not used | enternécelos, enternécelas | |
| with informal second-person singular vos imperative enternecé | dative | enterneceme | enternecete | enternecele | enternecenos | not used | enterneceles |
| accusative | enterneceme | enternecete | enternecelo, enternecela | enternecenos | not used | enternecelos, enternecelas | |
| with formal second-person singular imperative enternezca | dative | enternézcame | not used | enternézcale, enternézcase | enternézcanos | not used | enternézcales |
| accusative | enternézcame | not used | enternézcalo, enternézcala, enternézcase | enternézcanos | not used | enternézcalos, enternézcalas | |
| with first-person plural imperative enternezcamos | dative | not used | enternezcámoste | enternezcámosle | enternezcámonos | enternezcámoos | enternezcámosles |
| accusative | not used | enternezcámoste | enternezcámoslo, enternezcámosla | enternezcámonos | enternezcámoos | enternezcámoslos, enternezcámoslas | |
| with informal second-person plural imperative enterneced | dative | enternecedme | not used | enternecedle | enternecednos | enterneceos | enternecedles |
| accusative | enternecedme | not used | enternecedlo, enternecedla | enternecednos | enterneceos | enternecedlos, enternecedlas | |
| with formal second-person plural imperative enternezcan | dative | enternézcanme | not used | enternézcanle | enternézcannos | not used | enternézcanles, enternézcanse |
| accusative | enternézcanme | not used | enternézcanlo, enternézcanla | enternézcannos | not used | enternézcanlos, enternézcanlas, enternézcanse | |
Derived terms
Further reading
- “enternecer”, 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