esmorecer
Galician
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Unknown. From Old Galician-Portuguese esmorecer (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from esmorir (“to faint”) + -ecer, possibly from Vulgar Latin emorescĕre, frequentative of Latin ēmori, ēmorior (“I die (out)”), from Latin morior (“to die”), whence Galician morrer (“to die”); but note also Old English smorian (“to choke, suffocate”). Cognate to Portuguese esmorecer and Spanish esmorecer.
Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]esmorecer (first-person singular present esmorezo, first-person singular preterite esmorecín, past participle esmorecido)
esmorecer (first-person singular present esmoreço, first-person singular preterite esmorecim or esmoreci, past participle esmorecido, reintegrationist norm)
- (intransitive) to falter, wilt
- Antonym: desesmorecer
- (intransitive) to decay, wither
- (intransitive) to faint
- c. 1350, Kelvin M. Parker (ed.), Historia Troyana. Santiago: Instituto "Padre Sarmiento", page 288:
- Et esmoresçeu en tal maneyra que pouco nẽ moyto nõ suspiraua nẽ saya d'ela folgo.
- And she fainted in such a way that, neither much nor little, she didn't sigh nor breathe
- c. 1350, Kelvin M. Parker (ed.), Historia Troyana. Santiago: Instituto "Padre Sarmiento", page 288:
Conjugation
[edit]1Less recommended.
References
[edit]- Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “esmorecer”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “esmor”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “esmorecer”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- “esmorecer”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2024
- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “esmorecer”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- “esmorecer” in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (2014).
- Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “esmorecer”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN
Portuguese
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Vulgar Latin emorescĕre, frequentative of Latin ēmori, ēmorior (“to die (out)”),[1] from Latin morior (“to die”), whence Portuguese morrer (“to die”); but note also Old English smorian (“to choke, suffocate”). Cognate to Galician and Spanish esmorecer.
Pronunciation
[edit]
- Hyphenation: es‧mo‧re‧cer
Verb
[edit]esmorecer (first-person singular present esmoreço, first-person singular preterite esmoreci, past participle esmorecido)
- (transitive) to dishearten; discourage
- Synonym: desalentar
- (intransitive) to falter; wilt
- Synonym: desanimar
Conjugation
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ “esmorecer”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024
Spanish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Vulgar Latin emorescĕre, frequentative of Latin ēmori, ēmorior (“to die (out)”), from Latin morior (“to die”), whence Spanish murrir (“to die”); but note also Old English smorian (“to choke, suffocate”). Cognate to Galician esmorecer and Portuguese esmorecer.
Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): (Spain) /esmoɾeˈθeɾ/ [ez.mo.ɾeˈθeɾ]
- IPA(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /esmoɾeˈseɾ/ [ez.mo.ɾeˈseɾ]
- Rhymes: -eɾ
- Syllabification: es‧mo‧re‧cer
Verb
[edit]esmorecer (first-person singular present esmorezco, first-person singular preterite esmorecí, past participle esmorecido)
- (intransitive, reflexive, Andalusia, Cantabria, Venezuela) to falter; wilt
- Synonyms: desfallecer, esmorecerse
Conjugation
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “esmorecer”, 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
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