estarrecer

Galician

Etymology

From Old Galician and Old Galician-Portuguese esterreçer (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Vulgar Latin *exterrescere, frequentative of Latin exterrēre. Cognate of Portuguese estarrecer.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /estareˈθeɾ/, (western) /estareˈseɾ/

Verb

1. (takes a reflexive pronoun or intransitive) to be terrified; to shiver
   • 1898, E. Carré Aldao, Rayolas:

     Naquela noite ¡ ou meu fillo ! tiven un soño que inda me fai hoxe estarrecer cando del me acordo

     That night, oh my son, I got a dream that still to this day makes me shiver when I remember it

   Synonym: arrepiar

References

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• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “sterre”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
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• “estarrecer” 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 (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Vulgar Latin *exterrescere, frequentative of (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin exterrēre.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɪstaʁëˈseɾ/, /iʲʃtaʁëˈseχ/
• Hyphenation: es‧tar‧re‧cer

Verb

1. (transitive) to terrify, to frighten.
2. (reflexive) to be terrified.

References

• HOUAISS, A. and DE SALLES VILLAR, M. Minidicionário Houaiss da língua portuguesa. Rio de Janeiro: Objetiva, 2008.
• Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa. São Paulo: Encyclopaedia Britannica do Brasil Publicações Ltda., 1976.