amortecer

== Portuguese == === Etymology === From a- +‎ morto (“dead”) +‎ -ecer. === Pronunciation === Hyphenation: a‧mor‧te‧cer === Verb === amortecer (first-person singular present amorteço, first-person singular preterite amorteci, past participle amortecido) to absorb shock (transitive) to numb (to cause to become numb) (intransitive) to become numb to deaden; to muffle Synonym: abafar ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Derived terms ==== amortecedor amortecido amortecimento desamortecer === Further reading === “amortecer”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026 “amortecer”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026