ennegrecer
Spanish, verb/enneɡɾeˈθeɾ/
ennegrecer is spelled E-N-N-E-G-R-E-C-E-R (10 letters) and appears about once in every 39 million words in written Spanish, the 222,418th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Ennegrecer is a Spanish verb meaning “to blacken, go dark, darken” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Poner o pintar de negro”.
What does ennegrecer mean in English?
verb
- 1
to blacken, go dark, darken
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Poner o pintar de negro. 2. Turbar. 3. Oscurecer.
verb: 1. Ponerse de color negruzco. 2. Nublarse.
The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.
Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of ennegrecer
- ennegrezco first-person present singular
- ennegrecí first-person preterite singular
- ennegrecido participle past
- c-zc alternation
- ennegreciendo gerund
- ennegrecida feminine participle past
- ennegrecidos masculine participle past
- ennegrecidas feminine participle past
- ennegreces indicative informal present
- ennegrecés indicative informal present
- ennegrece indicative present singular
- ennegrecemos first-person indicative plural
- ennegrecéis indicative plural present
- ennegrecen indicative plural present
- ennegrecía first-person imperfect indicative
- ennegrecías imperfect indicative second-person
- ennegrecíamos first-person imperfect indicative
- ennegrecíais imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce ennegrecer?
- /enneɡɾeˈθeɾ/
- [ẽn.ne.ɣ̞ɾeˈθeɾ]
- /enneɡɾeˈseɾ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to ennegrecer
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is ennegrecer in Spanish?
ennegrecer appears about once in every 39 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).