enegrecer

Portuguese

Etymology

From en- + negro (black) + -ecer. Cf. also Latin nigresco, nigrescere. Compare Spanish ennegrecer, Catalan ennegrir, ennegreixo, Italian annerire, annerisco, French noircir, noircis, Romanian înnegri, înnegresc.

Verb

enegrecer (first-person singular present indicative enegreço, past participle enegrecido)

  1. (transitive) to blacken (to make black)
  2. (intransitive) to blacken (to become black)

Conjugation

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