enflaquecer
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]From en- + flaco (“thin”) + -ecer, from Latin flaccus.
Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): (Spain) /enflakeˈθeɾ/ [ẽɱ.fla.keˈθeɾ]
- IPA(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /enflakeˈseɾ/ [ẽɱ.fla.keˈseɾ]
- Rhymes: -eɾ
- Syllabification: en‧fla‧que‧cer
Verb
[edit]enflaquecer (first-person singular present enflaquezco, first-person singular preterite enflaquecí, past participle enflaquecido)
- (transitive) to make thin, weaken, emaciate (to cause to become extremely thin or wasted)
- (intransitive) to thin out, lose weight (to become less heavy or obese)
- (intransitive) to grow weak (to lose one's physical strength)
- 1915, Julio Vicuña Cifuentes, Mitos y Supersticiones Recogidos de la Tradición Oral Chilena, page 35:
- El Colocolo es una ratoncillo muy bravo. Anida cerca de las habitaciones, y la persona a quien le bebe la saliva, comienze desde momento a enflaquecer y a desfigurarse, y concluye morir, si no se logra matar a tiempo al animalejo.
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Conjugation
[edit] Conjugation of enflaquecer (c-zc alternation) (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
Selected combined forms of enflaquecer (c-zc alternation)
These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.
Derived terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “enflaquecer”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28
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