esmorecer

Galician

Etymology

13th century. Unknown. From esmorir (“to faint”) +‎ -ecer, probably from Latin morior (“to die”), whence Galician morrer (“to die”); but note also Old English smorian (“to choke, suffocate”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /esmoɾeˈθeɾ/, (western) /esmoɾeˈseɾ/

Verb

esmorecer (first-person singular present esmorezo, first-person singular preterite esmorecín, past participle esmorecido)

(intransitive) to falter, wilt
(intransitive) to decay, wither
(intransitive) to faint
- c1350, Kelvin M. Parker (ed.), Historia Troyana. Santiago: Instituto "Padre Sarmiento", page 288:
  Et esmoresçeu en tal maneyra que pouco nẽ moyto nõ suspiraua nẽ saya d'ela folgo.
  And she fainted in such a way that, neither much nor little, she didn't sigh or breathe

Conjugation

Conjugation of esmorecer

person		singular			plural
infinitive			esmorecer
gerund			esmorecendo
past participle				singular		plural
		masculine		esmorecido		esmorecidos
		feminine		esmorecida		esmorecidas
person		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		eu	ti	el / ela / Vde	nós	vós	eles / elas / Vdes
	present	esmorezo	esmoreces	esmorece	esmorecemos	esmorecedes	esmorecen
	imperfect	esmorecía	esmorecías	esmorecía	esmoreciamos	esmoreciades	esmorecían
	preterite	esmorecín	esmoreciches	esmoreceu	esmorecemos	esmorecestes	esmoreceron
	pluperfect	esmorecera	esmoreceras	esmorecera	esmoreceramos	esmorecerades	esmoreceran
	future	esmorecerei	esmorecerás	esmorecerá	esmoreceremos	esmoreceredes	esmorecerán
	conditional	esmorecería	esmorecerías	esmorecería	esmoreceriamos	esmoreceriades	esmorecerían
subjunctive		eu	ti	el / ela / Vde	nós	vós	eles / elas / Vdes
	present	esmoreza	esmorezas	esmoreza	esmorezamos	esmorezades	esmorezan
	preterite	esmorecese	esmoreceses	esmorecese	esmorecésemos	esmorecésedes	esmorecesen
	future	esmorecer	esmoreceres	esmorecer	esmorecermos	esmorecerdes	esmoreceren
imperative		—	ti	Vde	nós	vós	Vdes
	affirmative	—	esmorece	esmoreza	esmorezamos	esmorecede	esmorezan
	negative	—	esmorezas	esmoreza	esmorezamos	esmorezades	esmorezan
personal infinitive		eu	ti	el / ela / Vde	nós	vós	eles / elas / Vdes
		esmorecer	esmoreceres	esmorecer	esmorecermos	esmorecerdes	esmoreceren

References

“esmorecer” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006-2012.
“esmor” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006-2016.
“esmorecer” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006-2013.
“esmorecer” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
“esmorecer” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin emorior (“to die (out)”).

Verb

esmorecer (first-person singular present indicative esmoreço, past participle esmorecido)

(transitive) to dishearten; discourage
(intransitive) to falter; wilt

Conjugation

Conjugation of the Portuguese -er verb esmorecer

	Singular			Plural
Notes:^[edit] This is a regular verb of the -er group. The last letter c is changed to ç, depending on the following vowel, resulting in these four possible sequences: -ça-, -ce-, -ci- and -ço-. Verbs with this conjugation include: acontecer, amanhecer, carecer, conhecer, descer, esquecer, merecer, parecer, reconhecer, tecer, vencer.
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (tu)	Third-person (ele / ela / você)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / vocês)
Infinitive
Impersonal	esmorecer
Personal	esmorecer	esmoreceres	esmorecer	esmorecermos	esmorecerdes	esmorecerem
Gerund
	esmorecendo
Past participle
Masculine	esmorecido			esmorecidos
Feminine	esmorecida			esmorecidas
Indicative
Present	esmoreço	esmoreces	esmorece	esmorecemos	esmoreceis	esmorecem
Imperfect	esmorecia	esmorecias	esmorecia	esmorecíamos	esmorecíeis	esmoreciam
Preterite	esmoreci	esmoreceste	esmoreceu	esmorecemos	esmorecestes	esmoreceram
Pluperfect	esmorecera	esmoreceras	esmorecera	esmorecêramos	esmorecêreis	esmoreceram
Future	esmorecerei	esmorecerás	esmorecerá	esmoreceremos	esmorecereis	esmorecerão
Conditional
	esmoreceria	esmorecerias	esmoreceria	esmoreceríamos	esmoreceríeis	esmoreceriam
Subjunctive
Present	esmoreça	esmoreças	esmoreça	esmoreçamos	esmoreçais	esmoreçam
Imperfect	esmorecesse	esmorecesses	esmorecesse	esmorecêssemos	esmorecêsseis	esmorecessem
Future	esmorecer	esmoreceres	esmorecer	esmorecermos	esmorecerdes	esmorecerem
Imperative
Affirmative	-	esmorece	esmoreça	esmoreçamos	esmorecei	esmoreçam
Negative (não)	-	esmoreças	esmoreça	esmoreçamos	esmoreçais	esmoreçam

Synonyms

(to falten): desanimar
(to dishearten): desalentar

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