envejecer
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]From en- + viejo + -ecer. Compare Portuguese envelhecer, Catalan envellir.
Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): (Spain) /embexeˈθeɾ/ [ẽm.be.xeˈθeɾ]
- IPA(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /embexeˈseɾ/ [ẽm.be.xeˈseɾ]
Audio (Colombia): (file) - Rhymes: -eɾ
- Syllabification: en‧ve‧je‧cer
Verb
[edit]envejecer (first-person singular present envejezco, first-person singular preterite envejecí, past participle envejecido)
- (intransitive) to get old
- (transitive) to age
- (reflexive) to age, grow old
Conjugation
[edit] Conjugation of envejecer (c-zc alternation) (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
Selected combined forms of envejecer (c-zc alternation)
These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.
Synonyms
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[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “envejecer”, 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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