embevecer

Portuguese

Etymology

Alteration of embebecer, from embeber +‎ -ecer

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.be.veˈse(ʁ)/ [ẽ.be.veˈse(h)], (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.be.veˈse(ʁ)/ [ĩ.be.veˈse(h)]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.be.veˈse(ʁ)/ [ẽ.be.veˈse(h)], (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.be.veˈse(ʁ)/ [ĩ.be.veˈse(h)]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.be.veˈse(ɾ)/, (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.be.veˈse(ɾ)/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.be.veˈse(ʁ)/ [ẽ.be.veˈse(χ)], (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.be.veˈse(ʁ)/ [ĩ.be.veˈse(χ)]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.be.veˈse(ɻ)/, (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.be.veˈse(ɻ)/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ẽ.bɨ.vɨˈseɾ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ẽ.bɨ.vɨˈseɾ/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ẽ.bɨ.bɨˈseɾ/ [ẽ.bɨ.βɨˈseɾ]
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ẽ.bɨ.vɨˈse.ɾi/

Verb

embevecer (first-person singular present embeveço, first-person singular preterite embeveci, past participle embevecido)

1. (transitive) to cause elation, ecstasy, enthrallment
2. (reflexive) to be elated, ecstatic, enthralled

References

• “embevecer”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024