encolher

== Portuguese == === Etymology === Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese encoller, from en- (“in-”) + coller (“collect”), from Latin colligō (“to collect”), from con- + legō (“to bring together, to gather, to collect”), from Proto-Indo-European *leǵ-. === Pronunciation === === Verb === encolher (first-person singular present encolho, first-person singular preterite encolhi, past participle encolhido) (intransitive) to shrink; to become smaller Synonyms: diminuir, retrair, contrair, reduzir, entanguir (transitive) to shrink; to cause something to become smaller Synonyms: diminuir, reduzir, encurtar ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Antonyms ==== (antonym(s) of “both”): aumentar ==== Derived terms ==== encolhedor de cabeça ==== Related terms ==== === Further reading === “encolher”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026 “encolher”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026