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encallecer

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Spanish

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Etymology

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From en- +‎ callo (callus) +‎ -ecer. Compare Portuguese encalecer.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): (most of Spain) /enkaʝeˈθeɾ/ [ẽŋ.ka.ʝeˈθeɾ]
  • IPA(key): (rural northern Spain) /enkaʎeˈθeɾ/ [ẽŋ.ka.ʎeˈθeɾ]
 
  • IPA(key): (most of Latin America) /enkaʝeˈseɾ/ [ẽŋ.ka.ʝeˈseɾ]
  • IPA(key): (Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines) /enkaʎeˈseɾ/ [ẽŋ.ka.ʎeˈseɾ]
  • IPA(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /enkaʃeˈseɾ/ [ẽŋ.ka.ʃeˈseɾ]
  • IPA(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /enkaʒeˈseɾ/ [ẽŋ.ka.ʒeˈseɾ]

  • Rhymes: -eɾ
  • Syllabification: en‧ca‧lle‧cer

Verb

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encallecer (first-person singular present encallezco, first-person singular preterite encallecí, past participle encallecido)

  1. to harden, toughen up
    • 2015 September 28, “El ‘hat-trick’ de Dylan”, in El País[1]:
      Impresiona el carisma, la audacia de aquel veinteañero: imaginen a los encallecidos profesionales de Nashville, pelos cortos y pantalones de poliéster, estajanovistas inactivos mientras Dylan remataba sus letras más complejas.
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Conjugation

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Further reading

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