entumecer
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[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]- entomecer (nonstandard)
- entormecer, atormecer, atomecer (crossed with adormecer)
Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Latin intumēscere. According to Coromines & Pascual, first attested in Baltasar Gracián (17th century). The verb was partly affected by the inherited verb adormecer, producing some of the alternative forms shown above.
Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): (Spain) /entumeˈθeɾ/ [ẽn̪.t̪u.meˈθeɾ]
- IPA(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /entumeˈseɾ/ [ẽn̪.t̪u.meˈseɾ]
- Rhymes: -eɾ
- Syllabification: en‧tu‧me‧cer
Verb
[edit]entumecer (first-person singular present entumezco, first-person singular preterite entumecí, past participle entumecido)
- (transitive) to numb
- (reflexive) to go numb
- Se me entumeció el dedo.
- My finger went numb.
Conjugation
[edit] Conjugation of entumecer (c-zc alternation) (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
Selected combined forms of entumecer (c-zc alternation)
These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.
Derived terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “entumecer”, 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
- Joan Coromines, José A[ntonio] Pascual (1983) “tumor”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico [Critic Castilian and Hispanic Etymological Dictionary] (in Spanish), volume V (Ri–X), Madrid: Gredos, →ISBN, page 693
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