envellir

Catalan

Etymology

From en- +‎ vell (old) +‎ -ir. Compare French vieillir, Spanish envejecer, Portuguese envelhecer, Romanian învechi.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (Central) [əm.bəˈʎi]
  • IPA(key): (Balearic) [əɱ.vəˈʎi]
  • IPA(key): (Valencia) [eɱ.veˈʎiɾ]
  • Rhymes: -i(ɾ)

Verb

envellir (first-person singular present envelleixo, first-person singular preterite envellí, past participle envellit)

  1. (transitive) to age
  2. (intransitive) to age, to grow old, to live to old age

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