empalidecer

Portuguese

Etymology

From em- +‎ pálido +‎ -ecer. Compare Spanish empalidecer.

Pronunciation

 

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

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

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ẽ.pɐ.li.dɨˈseɾ/ [ẽ.pɐ.li.ðɨˈseɾ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ẽ.pɐ.li.dɨˈseɾ/ [ẽ.pɐ.li.ðɨˈseɾ]
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ẽ.pɐ.li.dɨˈse.ɾi/ [ẽ.pɐ.li.ðɨˈse.ɾi]

• Hyphenation: em‧pa‧li‧de‧cer

Verb

empalidecer (first-person singular present empalideço, first-person singular preterite empalideci, past participle empalidecido)

1. (intransitive) to pale (to become pale)

Conjugation

    Conjugation of empalidecer (c-ç alternation) (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (tu)	Third-person (ele / ela / você)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / vocês)
Infinitive
Impersonal	empalidecer
Personal	empalidecer	empalideceres	empalidecer	empalidecermos	empalidecerdes	empalidecerem
Gerund
	empalidecendo
Past participle
Masculine	empalidecido			empalidecidos
Feminine	empalidecida			empalidecidas
Indicative
Present	empalideço	empalideces	empalidece	empalidecemos	empalideceis	empalidecem
Imperfect	empalidecia	empalidecias	empalidecia	empalidecíamos	empalidecíeis	empalideciam
Preterite	empalideci	empalideceste	empalideceu	empalidecemos	empalidecestes	empalideceram
Pluperfect	empalidecera	empalideceras	empalidecera	empalidecêramos	empalidecêreis	empalideceram
Future	empalidecerei	empalidecerás	empalidecerá	empalideceremos	empalidecereis	empalidecerão
Conditional	empalideceria	empalidecerias	empalideceria	empalideceríamos	empalideceríeis	empalideceriam
Subjunctive
Present	empalideça	empalideças	empalideça	empalideçamos	empalideçais	empalideçam
Imperfect	empalidecesse	empalidecesses	empalidecesse	empalidecêssemos	empalidecêsseis	empalidecessem
Future	empalidecer	empalideceres	empalidecer	empalidecermos	empalidecerdes	empalidecerem
Imperative
Affirmative		empalidece	empalideça	empalideçamos	empalidecei	empalideçam
Negative (não)		não empalideças	não empalideça	não empalideçamos	não empalideçais	não empalideçam

Spanish

Etymology

From em- +‎ pálido (“pale”) +‎ -ecer.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /empalideˈθeɾ/ [ẽm.pa.li.ð̞eˈθeɾ]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /empalideˈseɾ/ [ẽm.pa.li.ð̞eˈseɾ]
• Rhymes: -eɾ
• Syllabification: em‧pa‧li‧de‧cer

Verb

empalidecer (first-person singular present empalidezco, first-person singular preterite empalidecí, past participle empalidecido)

1. to become pale

   Synonym: palidecer

Conjugation

    Conjugation of empalidecer (c-zc alternation) (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			empalidecer
gerund			empalideciendo
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		empalidecido		empalidecida
		plural		empalidecidos		empalidecidas
		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
indicative		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	empalidezco	empalidecestú empalidecésvos	empalidece	empalidecemos	empalidecéis	empalidecen
	imperfect	empalidecía	empalidecías	empalidecía	empalidecíamos	empalidecíais	empalidecían
	preterite	empalidecí	empalideciste	empalideció	empalidecimos	empalidecisteis	empalidecieron
	future	empalideceré	empalidecerás	empalidecerá	empalideceremos	empalideceréis	empalidecerán
	conditional	empalidecería	empalidecerías	empalidecería	empalideceríamos	empalideceríais	empalidecerían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	empalidezca	empalidezcastú empalidezcásvos2	empalidezca	empalidezcamos	empalidezcáis	empalidezcan
	imperfect (ra)	empalideciera	empalidecieras	empalideciera	empalideciéramos	empalidecierais	empalidecieran
	imperfect (se)	empalideciese	empalidecieses	empalideciese	empalideciésemos	empalidecieseis	empalideciesen
	future1	empalideciere	empalidecieres	empalideciere	empalideciéremos	empalideciereis	empalidecieren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		empalidecetú empalidecévos	empalidezca	empalidezcamos	empalideced	empalidezcan
	negative		no empalidezcas	no empalidezca	no empalidezcamos	no empalidezcáis	no empalidezcan

¹Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
²Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.

    Selected combined forms of empalidecer (c-zc alternation)

These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.

		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
with infinitive empalidecer	dative	empalidecerme	empalidecerte	empalidecerle, empalidecerse	empalidecernos	empalideceros	empalidecerles, empalidecerse
	accusative	empalidecerme	empalidecerte	empalidecerlo, empalidecerla, empalidecerse	empalidecernos	empalideceros	empalidecerlos, empalidecerlas, empalidecerse
with gerund empalideciendo	dative	empalideciéndome	empalideciéndote	empalideciéndole, empalideciéndose	empalideciéndonos	empalideciéndoos	empalideciéndoles, empalideciéndose
	accusative	empalideciéndome	empalideciéndote	empalideciéndolo, empalideciéndola, empalideciéndose	empalideciéndonos	empalideciéndoos	empalideciéndolos, empalideciéndolas, empalideciéndose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative empalidece	dative	empalidéceme	empalidécete	empalidécele	empalidécenos	not used	empalidéceles
	accusative	empalidéceme	empalidécete	empalidécelo, empalidécela	empalidécenos	not used	empalidécelos, empalidécelas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative empalidecé	dative	empalideceme	empalidecete	empalidecele	empalidecenos	not used	empalideceles
	accusative	empalideceme	empalidecete	empalidecelo, empalidecela	empalidecenos	not used	empalidecelos, empalidecelas
with formal second-person singular imperative empalidezca	dative	empalidézcame	not used	empalidézcale, empalidézcase	empalidézcanos	not used	empalidézcales
	accusative	empalidézcame	not used	empalidézcalo, empalidézcala, empalidézcase	empalidézcanos	not used	empalidézcalos, empalidézcalas
with first-person plural imperative empalidezcamos	dative	not used	empalidezcámoste	empalidezcámosle	empalidezcámonos	empalidezcámoos	empalidezcámosles
	accusative	not used	empalidezcámoste	empalidezcámoslo, empalidezcámosla	empalidezcámonos	empalidezcámoos	empalidezcámoslos, empalidezcámoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative empalideced	dative	empalidecedme	not used	empalidecedle	empalidecednos	empalideceos	empalidecedles
	accusative	empalidecedme	not used	empalidecedlo, empalidecedla	empalidecednos	empalideceos	empalidecedlos, empalidecedlas
with formal second-person plural imperative empalidezcan	dative	empalidézcanme	not used	empalidézcanle	empalidézcannos	not used	empalidézcanles, empalidézcanse
	accusative	empalidézcanme	not used	empalidézcanlo, empalidézcanla	empalidézcannos	not used	empalidézcanlos, empalidézcanlas, empalidézcanse

Further reading

• “empalidecer”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10