encarecer
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== Portuguese ==
=== Etymology ===
From en- + caro (“expensive”) + -ecer.
=== Pronunciation ===
Hyphenation: en‧ca‧re‧cer
=== Verb ===
encarecer (first-person singular present encareço, first-person singular preterite encareci, past participle encarecido)
to raise the price of; become expensive
to extol, exalt
==== Conjugation ====
=== Further reading ===
“encarecer”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
“encarecer”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026
== Spanish ==
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /enkaɾeˈθeɾ/ [ẽŋ.ka.ɾeˈθeɾ] (Equatorial Guinea, Spain)
IPA(key): /enkaɾeˈseɾ/ [ẽŋ.ka.ɾeˈseɾ] (Latin America, Philippines)
Rhymes: -eɾ
Syllabification: en‧ca‧re‧cer
=== Verb ===
encarecer (first-person singular present encarezco, first-person singular preterite encarecí, past participle encarecido)
(transitive) to raise the price of
Antonym: abaratar
(transitive) to urge
==== Conjugation ====
==== Related terms ====
=== Further reading ===
“encarecer”, 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