envellecer
Galician
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Old Galician-Portuguese envellecer (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria): en- + vello (“old”) + -ecer.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [embeʎeˈθeɾ], (western) [embeʎeˈseɾ]
Verb
envellecer (first-person singular present envellezo, first-person singular preterite envellecín, past participle envellecido)
- (transitive) to age
- Synonyms: avellar, avellentar, envellentar
- Para envellecermos con saúde cómpre facermos exercicio
- For aging healthy we must exercise
- (intransitive) to get old; to age
- Synonyms: avellar, avellentar, envellentar
Conjugation
Conjugation of envellecer (c-z alternation)
References
- Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “envellecer”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “envelle”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “envellecer”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “envellecer”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “envellecer”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN