emagrecer
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Portuguese
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese enmagrecer, from Late Latin ēmacrēscere, from Latin macer (“lean”), from Proto-Indo-European *mh₂ḱrós. By surface analysis, e- + magro + -ecer.
Pronunciation
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Verb
[edit]emagrecer (first-person singular present emagreço, first-person singular preterite emagreci, past participle emagrecido)
- to become leaner; to lose body weight
- to emaciate; to make leaner, to cause to lose body weight
- A doença emagreceu o João.
- The disease emaciated John.
- Correr emagrece.
- Running makes one lean.
Conjugation
[edit] Conjugation of emagrecer (c-ç alternation) (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)
Antonyms
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- Portuguese terms inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese
- Portuguese terms derived from Old Galician-Portuguese
- Portuguese terms inherited from Late Latin
- Portuguese terms derived from Late Latin
- Portuguese terms derived from Latin
- Portuguese terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Portuguese verbs prefixed with en-
- Portuguese verbs suffixed with -ecer
- Portuguese 4-syllable words
- Portuguese terms with IPA pronunciation
- Portuguese 5-syllable words
- Rhymes:Portuguese/eʁ
- Rhymes:Portuguese/eʁ/4 syllables
- Rhymes:Portuguese/eɾ
- Rhymes:Portuguese/eɾ/4 syllables
- Portuguese lemmas
- Portuguese verbs
- Portuguese verbs ending in -er
- Portuguese verbs with c-ç alternation
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