enternecer
Portuguese, verb/ẽ.teʁ.neˈse(ʁ)/
enternecer is spelled E-N-T-E-R-N-E-C-E-R (10 letters) and appears about once in every 81 million words in written Portuguese, the 246,082nd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Enternecer is a Portuguese verb meaning “to move (emotionally)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “tornar terno”.
What does enternecer mean in English?
verb
- 1
to move (emotionally)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
verb: 1. tornar terno 2. compadecer-se 3. comover-se
The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.
Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of enternecer
- enterneço first-person present singular
- enterneci first-person preterite singular
- enternecido participle past
- c-ç alternation
- enterneceres infinitive second-person singular
- enternecermos first-person infinitive plural
- enternecerdes infinitive plural second-person
- enternecerem infinitive plural third-person
- enternecendo gerund
- enternecidos masculine participle past
- enternecida feminine participle past
- enternecidas feminine participle past
- enterneces indicative present second-person
- enternece indicative present singular
- enternecemos first-person indicative plural
- enterneceis indicative plural present
- enternecem indicative plural present
- enternecia first-person imperfect indicative
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce enternecer?
- Brazil /ẽ.teʁ.neˈse(ʁ)/
- Brazil [ẽ.teɦ.neˈse(h)]
- Brazil /ĩ.teʁ.neˈse(ʁ)/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is enternecer in Portuguese?
enternecer appears about once in every 81 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).