empedernir

Portuguese

Etymology

From *empedrenir, from em- + pedra and an uncertain suffix[1].

Pronunciation

  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /ẽ.pe.deʁ.ˈni(ʁ)/

Verb

empedernir (first-person singular present indicative empederno, past participle empedernido)

  1. (transitive) to make rock hard

Conjugation

References

  1. 1932, Antenor Nascentes, Dicionário etimológico da língua portuguesa.

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /empederˈniɾ/, [ẽmpeðerˈniɾ]

Verb

empedernir

  1. to harden

Conjugation

This verb is only found in the infinitive empedernir and past participle empedernido.

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