arrecir

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Spanish

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Etymology

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From Vulgar Latin arrigēscĕre (to become stiff), from Latin arrigĕre (raise; rouse, excite). According to Coromines and Pascual, this infinitive arrecir "barely exists" (apenas existe), and prefer to link the adjective arrecido to a supposed verb *arreeçer, of the same etymology, cognate with Galician arrecerse (get a common cold; become numb).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): (Spain) /areˈθiɾ/ [a.reˈθiɾ]
  • IPA(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /areˈsiɾ/ [a.reˈsiɾ]
  • Rhymes: -iɾ
  • Syllabification: a‧rre‧cir

Verb

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arrecir (no stressed present indicative or subjunctive, first-person singular preterite arrecí, past participle arrecido)

  1. (transitive) to make something/someone numb with cold
  2. (reflexive) to become numbed by cold, to be numbed by cold

Usage notes

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  • Used only with forms where the ending begins with -i.

Conjugation

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Further reading

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