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empobrecer

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Portuguese

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Etymology

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Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese emprobecer. By surface analysis, em- +‎ pobre +‎ -ecer.

Pronunciation

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  • (Brazil) IPA(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.po.bɾeˈse(ʁ)/ [ẽ.po.bɾeˈse(h)], (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.po.bɾeˈse(ʁ)/ [ĩ.po.bɾeˈse(h)]
    • (São Paulo) IPA(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.po.bɾeˈse(ɾ)/, (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.po.bɾeˈse(ɾ)/
    • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.po.bɾeˈse(ʁ)/ [ẽ.po.bɾeˈse(χ)], (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.po.bɾeˈse(ʁ)/ [ĩ.po.bɾeˈse(χ)]
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.po.bɾeˈse(ɻ)/, (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.po.bɾeˈse(ɻ)/
 
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /ẽ.pu.bɾɨˈseɾ/ [ẽ.pu.βɾɨˈseɾ]
    • (Southern Portugal) IPA(key): /ẽ.pu.bɾɨˈse.ɾi/ [ẽ.pu.βɾɨˈse.ɾi]

  • Hyphenation: em‧po‧bre‧cer

Verb

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empobrecer (first-person singular present empobreço, first-person singular preterite empobreci, past participle empobrecido)

  1. (transitive) to impoverish (to make poor)
  2. (intransitive) to impoverish (to become poor)

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Spanish

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Etymology

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From en- +‎ Late Latin pauperāscere, probably through an unattested variant *pauperēscō. Alternatively through an archaic *pobrecer, from the same source.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): (Spain) /empobɾeˈθeɾ/ [ẽm.po.β̞ɾeˈθeɾ]
  • IPA(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /empobɾeˈseɾ/ [ẽm.po.β̞ɾeˈseɾ]
  • Audio (Colombia):(file)
  • Rhymes: -eɾ
  • Syllabification: em‧po‧bre‧cer

Verb

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empobrecer (first-person singular present empobrezco, first-person singular preterite empobrecí, past participle empobrecido)

  1. (transitive) to impoverish, make poor, break financially

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Further reading

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