negrecer
Spanish
Etymology
Inherited from Latin nīgrēscere. By surface analysis, negro + -ecer.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /neɡɾeˈθeɾ/ [ne.ɣ̞ɾeˈθeɾ] (Spain)
- IPA(key): /neɡɾeˈseɾ/ [ne.ɣ̞ɾeˈseɾ] (Latin America, Philippines)
- Rhymes: -eɾ
- Syllabification: ne‧gre‧cer
Verb
negrecer (first-person singular present negrezco, first-person singular preterite negrecí, past participle negrecido)
- to turn black, become black
Conjugation
Conjugation of negrecer (c-zc alternation) (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
Related terms
Further reading
- “negrecer”, 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