denegrir

Galician

Alternative forms

• denegrer

Etymology

From Latin dēnigrāre (“to blacken”). Compare English denigrate.

Verb

denegrir (first-person singular present indicative denigro, past participle denegrido)

1. (takes a reflexive pronoun) to blacken; to turn black or livid

   Denegriúselle a perna polo choque. ― His leg turned livid because of the clash.

Derived terms

• denegrido

References

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• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “denegr”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
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• “denegrir” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

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Portuguese

Alternative forms

• denigrir

Etymology

From de- +‎ negro +‎ -ir.

Verb

denegrir (first-person singular present indicative denigro, past participle denegrido)

1. (transitive) denigrate (to criticise so as to besmirch; to treat as worthless)

Conjugation

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