enfezar

Unknown; sometimes connected to īnfēnsāre (“to destroy”). Folk etymology relates the term to fezes (“feces”) (as in a derivation from en- +‎ fez +‎ -ar), such that enfezado would have originally meant “constipated”, but this is unsupported.

• Hyphenation: en‧fe‧zar

enfezar (first-person singular present enfezo, first-person singular preterite enfezei, past participle enfezado)

1. (transitive) to irritate
2. (reflexive or intransitive) to become irritated
3. (transitive) to stunt (hinder the growth of)
4. (reflexive or intransitive) to have one's growth stunted

• “enfezar”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2026, →ISBN
• “enfezar”, in Dicionário infopédia da Lingua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2026
• “enfezar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026
• “enfezar”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026