encolher

Portuguese

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese encoller, from en- (“in-”) + coller (“collect”), from Latin colligō (“to collect”), from con- + legō (“to bring together, to gather, to collect”), from Proto-Indo-European *leǵ-.

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

encolher (first-person singular present encolho, first-person singular preterite encolhi, past participle encolhido)

(intransitive) to shrink; to become smaller
Synonyms: diminuir, retrair, contrair, reduzir, entanguir
(transitive) to shrink; to cause something to become smaller
Synonyms: diminuir, reduzir, encurtar

Conjugation of encolher (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)