esmorecer
Galician[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Unknown. From Old Galician-Portuguese esmorecer (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from esmorir (“to faint”) + -ecer, possibly from Vulgar Latin emorescĕre, frequentative of Latin ēmori, ēmorior (“I die (out)”), from Latin morior (“to die”), whence Galician morrer (“to die”); but note also Old English smorian (“to choke, suffocate”). Cognate to Portuguese esmorecer and Spanish esmorecer.
Pronunciation[edit]
Verb[edit]
esmorecer (first-person singular present esmorezo, first-person singular preterite esmorecín, past participle esmorecido)
esmorecer (first-person singular present esmoreço, first-person singular preterite esmorecim or esmoreci, past participle esmorecido, reintegrationist norm)
- (intransitive) to falter, wilt
- Antonym: desesmorecer
- (intransitive) to decay, wither
- (intransitive) to faint
- c. 1350, Kelvin M. Parker (ed.), Historia Troyana. Santiago: Instituto "Padre Sarmiento", page 288:
- Et esmoresçeu en tal maneyra que pouco nẽ moyto nõ suspiraua nẽ saya d'ela folgo.
- And she fainted in such a way that, neither much nor little, she didn't sigh nor breathe
- c. 1350, Kelvin M. Parker (ed.), Historia Troyana. Santiago: Instituto "Padre Sarmiento", page 288:
Conjugation[edit]
1Less recommended.
References[edit]
- “esmorecer” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
- “esmor” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
- “esmorecer” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
- “esmorecer” in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega, Royal Galician Academy.
- “esmorecer” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
- “esmorecer” in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (2014).
- “esmorecer” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
Portuguese[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Vulgar Latin emorescĕre, frequentative of Latin ēmori, ēmorior (“to die (out)”),[1] from Latin morior (“to die”), whence Portuguese morrer (“to die”); but note also Old English smorian (“to choke, suffocate”). Cognate to Galician and Spanish esmorecer.
Pronunciation[edit]
- Hyphenation: es‧mo‧re‧cer
Verb[edit]
esmorecer (first-person singular present esmoreço, first-person singular preterite esmoreci, past participle esmorecido)
- (transitive) to dishearten; discourage
- Synonym: desalentar
- (intransitive) to falter; wilt
- Synonym: desanimar
Conjugation[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ “esmorecer” in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa. Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024.
Spanish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Vulgar Latin emorescĕre, frequentative of Latin ēmori, ēmorior (“to die (out)”), from Latin morior (“to die”), whence Spanish murrir (“to die”); but note also Old English smorian (“to choke, suffocate”). Cognate to Galician esmorecer and Portuguese esmorecer.
Pronunciation[edit]
- IPA(key): (Spain) /esmoɾeˈθeɾ/ [ez.mo.ɾeˈθeɾ]
- IPA(key): (Latin America) /esmoɾeˈseɾ/ [ez.mo.ɾeˈseɾ]
- Rhymes: -eɾ
- Syllabification: es‧mo‧re‧cer
Verb[edit]
esmorecer (first-person singular present esmorezco, first-person singular preterite esmorecí, past participle esmorecido)
- (intransitive, reflexive, Andalusia, Cantabria, Venezuela) to falter; wilt
- Synonyms: desfallecer, esmorecerse
Conjugation[edit]
Further reading[edit]
- “esmorecer”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
- Galician terms with unknown etymologies
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- Spanish terms derived from Vulgar Latin
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- Spanish lemmas
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- Spanish intransitive verbs
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- Andalusian Spanish
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