empeorar
التعريفات والمعاني
== Asturian ==
=== Alternative forms ===
empiyorar
=== Etymology ===
From Early Medieval Latin impeiōrāre, from Latin peiōrem (“worse”). By surface analysis, en- + peor + -ar.
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /empeoˈɾaɾ/ [ẽm.pe.oˈɾaɾ]
Rhymes: -aɾ
Syllabification: em‧pe‧o‧rar
=== Verb ===
empeorar (first-person singular indicative present empeoro, past participle empeoráu)
(transitive) to worsen (transitive: make worse)
(intransitive) to worsen (intransitive: get worse)
==== Conjugation ====
==== Related terms ====
peor
=== Further reading ===
Xosé Lluis García Arias (2002–2004), “empeorar”, in Diccionario general de la lengua asturiana [General Dictionary of the Asturian Language] (in Spanish), Editorial Prensa Asturiana, →ISBN
“empeorar”, in Diccionariu de la llingua asturiana [Dictionary of the Asturian Language] (in Asturian), 1ª edición, Academia de la Llingua Asturiana, 2000, →ISBN
== Galician ==
=== Alternative forms ===
empiorar
=== Etymology ===
From Early Medieval Latin impeiōrāre, from Latin peiōrem (“worse”). By surface analysis, en- + peor + -ar.
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /empeoˈɾaɾ/ [em.peoˈɾaɾ]
Rhymes: -aɾ
Hyphenation: em‧pe‧o‧rar
=== Verb ===
empeorar (first-person singular present empeoro, first-person singular preterite empeorei, past participle empeorado)
to worsen
==== Conjugation ====
==== Related terms ====
empeoramento
=== Further reading ===
“empeorar”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2026
== Spanish ==
=== Etymology ===
From Early Medieval Latin impeiōrāre, from Latin peiōrem (“worse”). By surface analysis, en- + peor + -ar.
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /empeoˈɾaɾ/ [ẽm.pe.oˈɾaɾ]
Rhymes: -aɾ
Syllabification: em‧pe‧o‧rar
=== Verb ===
empeorar (first-person singular present empeoro, first-person singular preterite empeoré, past participle empeorado)
(transitive) to worsen, to make worse, to exacerbate
Synonym: peorar
(intransitive) to get worse, to deteriorate
==== Conjugation ====
==== Related terms ====
=== Further reading ===
“empeorar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025