enflaquecer
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Spanish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From en- + flaco (“thin”) + -ecer, from Latin flaccus.
Pronunciation[edit]
- IPA(key): (Spain) /enflakeˈθeɾ/ [ẽɱ.fla.keˈθeɾ]
- IPA(key): (Latin America) /enflakeˈseɾ/ [ẽɱ.fla.keˈseɾ]
- Rhymes: -eɾ
- Syllabification: en‧fla‧que‧cer
Verb[edit]
enflaquecer (first-person singular present enflaquezco, first-person singular preterite enflaquecí, past participle enflaquecido)
- (transitive) to make thin, weaken, emaciate (to cause to become extremely thin or wasted)
- (intransitive) to thin out, lose weight (to become less heavy or obese)
- (intransitive) to grow weak (to lose one's physical strength)
Conjugation[edit]
Conjugation of enflaquecer (c-zc alternation) (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
Selected combined forms of enflaquecer (c-zc alternation)
These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.
Derived terms[edit]
Further reading[edit]
- “enflaquecer”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
Categories:
- Spanish terms prefixed with en-
- Spanish terms suffixed with -ecer
- Spanish terms derived from Latin
- Spanish 4-syllable words
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- Rhymes:Spanish/eɾ
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- Spanish lemmas
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