esmorecer
Galician
Etymology
13th century. Unknown. From esmorir (“to faint”) + -ecer, probably 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
Verb
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- (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 or breathe
- Et esmoresçeu en tal maneyra que pouco nẽ moyto nõ suspiraua nẽ saya d'ela folgo.
- c. 1350, Kelvin M. Parker (ed.), Historia Troyana. Santiago: Instituto "Padre Sarmiento", page 288:
Conjugation
References
- Template:R:DDGM
- Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “esmor”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
- Template:R:DDLG
- Template:R:TILG
- Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “esmorecer”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN
Portuguese
Etymology
From Vulgar Latin emorescĕre, frequentative of Latin ēmori, ēmorior (“I 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 esmorecer and Spanish esmorecer.
Verb
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- (transitive) to dishearten; discourage
- Synonym: desalentar
- (intransitive) to falter; wilt
- Synonym: desanimar
Conjugation
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References
- ^ “esmorecer”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024
Spanish
Etymology
From Vulgar Latin emorescĕre, frequentative of Latin ēmori, ēmorior (“I 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
Verb
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- (intransitive, reflexive) to falter; wilt
- Synonym: desfallecer
Conjugation
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