encallecer
Spanish
Etymology
From en- + callo (“callus”) + -ecer. Compare Portuguese encalecer.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (most of Spain) /enkaʝeˈθeɾ/ [ẽŋ.ka.ʝeˈθeɾ]
- IPA(key): (rural northern Spain) /enkaʎeˈθeɾ/ [ẽŋ.ka.ʎeˈθeɾ]
- IPA(key): (most of Latin America) /enkaʝeˈseɾ/ [ẽŋ.ka.ʝeˈseɾ]
- IPA(key): (Andes Mountains) /enkaʎeˈseɾ/ [ẽŋ.ka.ʎeˈseɾ]
- IPA(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /enkaʃeˈseɾ/ [ẽŋ.ka.ʃeˈseɾ]
- IPA(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /enkaʒeˈseɾ/ [ẽŋ.ka.ʒeˈseɾ]
- Rhymes: -eɾ
- Syllabification: en‧ca‧lle‧cer
Verb
encallecer (first-person singular present encallezco, first-person singular preterite encallecí, past participle encallecido)
- to harden, toughen up
- 2015 September 28, “El ‘hat-trick’ de Dylan”, in El País:
- Impresiona el carisma, la audacia de aquel veinteañero: imaginen a los encallecidos profesionales de Nashville, pelos cortos y pantalones de poliéster, estajanovistas inactivos mientras Dylan remataba sus letras más complejas.
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Conjugation
Conjugation of encallecer (c-zc alternation) (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
Further reading
- “encallecer”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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