ensurdecer
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Portuguese
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From en- + surdo (“deaf”) + -ecer, or from Latin surdēscere, from surdus (“deaf”) + -ēscō. Compare Spanish ensordecer.
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Brazil) IPA(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.suʁ.deˈse(ʁ)/ [ẽ.suɦ.deˈse(h)], (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.suʁ.deˈse(ʁ)/ [ĩ.suɦ.deˈse(h)]
- (São Paulo) IPA(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.suɾ.deˈse(ɾ)/, (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.suɾ.deˈse(ɾ)/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.suʁ.deˈse(ʁ)/ [ẽ.suʁ.deˈse(χ)], (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.suʁ.deˈse(ʁ)/ [ĩ.suʁ.deˈse(χ)]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.suɻ.deˈse(ɻ)/, (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.suɻ.deˈse(ɻ)/
- Hyphenation: en‧sur‧de‧cer
Verb
[edit]ensurdecer (first-person singular present ensurdeço, first-person singular preterite ensurdeci, past participle ensurdecido)
- to deafen (to make deaf, permanently or temporarily)
Conjugation
[edit] Conjugation of ensurdecer (c-ç alternation) (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)
Derived terms
[edit]Categories:
- Portuguese verbs prefixed with en-
- Portuguese verbs suffixed with -ecer
- Portuguese terms derived from Latin
- Portuguese 4-syllable words
- Portuguese terms with IPA pronunciation
- Portuguese 5-syllable words
- Portuguese lemmas
- Portuguese verbs
- Portuguese verbs ending in -er
- Portuguese verbs with c-ç alternation
- pt:Hearing