encher

Galician

Etymology

From Old Galician and Old Galician-Portuguese encher (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Latin implēre, present active infinitive of impleō.

Verb

1. (transitive, reflexive) to fill

   Antonyms: baleirar, baldeirar

   • 2019 May 17, “Milleiros de galegos maniféstanse a prol da nosa lingua”, in G24‎^[1]:

     As rúas de varias vilas e cidades enchíanse de xente que se manifestaba a prol da lingua.

     The streets of several towns and cities filled with people who protested in support of the [Galician] language.

2. to sate

   Synonyms: fartar, saciar

3. to flood (a river)
4. to flood (the tide)
5. to bore, tire

   Synonym: fartar

Derived terms

• enchedoira
• enchedoiro
• enchenta
• enchente

Related terms

• cheo

Further reading

• “encher”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, since 2012

References

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

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Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese encher, from Latin implēre, present active infinitive of impleō.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ẽˈʃeɾ/
• IPA^(key): /ĩ.ˈʃe(ʁ)/
• Hyphenation: en‧cher

Verb

1. to fill, fill up

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:encher.

See also

• cheio

Further reading

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