gentrificar

Portuguese

Etymology

From English gentrify +‎ -ificar (-ify), from English gentry.

Pronunciation

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /ʒẽ.tɾi.fiˈka(ʁ)/ [ʒẽ.tɾi.fiˈka(h)]
    • (São Paulo) IPA(key): /ʒẽ.tɾi.fiˈka(ɾ)/
    • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /ʒẽ.tɾi.fiˈka(ʁ)/ [ʒẽ.tɾi.fiˈka(χ)]
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ʒẽ.tɾi.fiˈka(ɻ)/
 
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /ʒẽ.tɾi.fiˈkaɾ/
    • (Southern Portugal) IPA(key): /ʒẽ.tɾi.fiˈka.ɾi/

Verb

gentrificar (first-person singular present gentrifico, first-person singular preterite gentrifiquei, past participle gentrificado)

  1. to ennoble
    Synonym: enobrecer
  2. to gentrify

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Spanish

Etymology

From English gentrify +‎ -ificar.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /xentɾifiˈkaɾ/ [xẽn̪.t̪ɾi.fiˈkaɾ]
  • Rhymes: -aɾ
  • Syllabification: gen‧tri‧fi‧car

Verb

gentrificar (first-person singular present gentrifico, first-person singular preterite gentrifiqué, past participle gentrificado)

  1. to gentrify
    • 2021 May 9, Sandro Pozzi, “Los 'millennials' urbanitas gentrifican el mundo rural de Estados Unidos”, in La Información[1], archived from the original on 24 October 2021:

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