entristecer

== Galician == === Etymology === Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese entrestecer. By surface analysis, en- +‎ triste (“sad”) +‎ -ecer. === Verb === entristecer (first-person singular present entristezo, first-person singular preterite entristecín, past participle entristecido) (transitive) to sadden (to make sad) ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Derived terms ==== === Further reading === “entristecer”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2026 == Portuguese == === Etymology === Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese entrestecer. By surface analysis, en- +‎ triste (“sad”) +‎ -ecer. Compare Spanish entristecer. === Pronunciation === Hyphenation: en‧tris‧te‧cer === Verb === entristecer (first-person singular present entristeço, first-person singular preterite entristeci, past participle entristecido) to sadden (make or become sad) Synonyms: afligir, entristar, infelicitar Antonyms: alegrar, animar ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Related terms ==== === Further reading === “entristecer”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026 “entristecer”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026 == Spanish == === Etymology === From en- +‎ triste +‎ -ecer. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /entɾisteˈθeɾ/ [ẽn̪.t̪ɾis.t̪eˈθeɾ] (Equatorial Guinea, Spain) IPA(key): /entɾisteˈseɾ/ [ẽn̪.t̪ɾis.t̪eˈseɾ] (Latin America, Philippines) Rhymes: -eɾ Syllabification: en‧tris‧te‧cer === Verb === entristecer (first-person singular present entristezco, first-person singular preterite entristecí, past participle entristecido) (transitive) to sadden, make sad Synonym: (uncommon) atristar ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Derived terms ==== === Further reading === “entristecer”, 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