ensordecer
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Spanish
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]- sordecer (obsolete, rare)
Etymology
[edit]From en- + Latin surdēscere, from surdus (“deaf”) + -ēscō. Compare Portuguese ensurdecer, Catalan ensordir.
Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): (Spain) /ensoɾdeˈθeɾ/ [ẽn.soɾ.ð̞eˈθeɾ]
- IPA(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /ensoɾdeˈseɾ/ [ẽn.soɾ.ð̞eˈseɾ]
- Rhymes: -eɾ
- Syllabification: en‧sor‧de‧cer
Verb
[edit]ensordecer (first-person singular present ensordezco, first-person singular preterite ensordecí, past participle ensordecido)
- (transitive) to deafen
- (reflexive) to go deaf
Conjugation
[edit] Conjugation of ensordecer (c-zc alternation) (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
Selected combined forms of ensordecer (c-zc alternation)
These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.
Derived terms
[edit]Related terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “ensordecer”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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- Spanish terms prefixed with en-
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