ensandecer
Portuguese
Etymology
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.sɐ̃.deˈse(ʁ)/ [ẽ.sɐ̃.deˈse(h)], (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.sɐ̃.deˈse(ʁ)/ [ĩ.sɐ̃.deˈse(h)]
- (São Paulo) IPA(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.sɐ̃.deˈse(ɾ)/, (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.sɐ̃.deˈse(ɾ)/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.sɐ̃.deˈse(ʁ)/ [ẽ.sɐ̃.deˈse(χ)], (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.sɐ̃.deˈse(ʁ)/ [ĩ.sɐ̃.deˈse(χ)]
- (Caipira) IPA(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.sɐ̃.deˈse(ɻ)/, (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.sɐ̃.deˈse(ɻ)/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /ẽ.sɐ̃.dɨˈseɾ/
- (Southern Portugal) IPA(key): /ẽ.sɐ̃.dɨˈse.ɾi/
- Hyphenation: en‧san‧de‧cer
Verb
ensandecer (first-person singular present ensandeço, first-person singular preterite ensandeci, past participle ensandecido)
- to go mad, to go crazy
- Synonyms: endoidecer, enlouquecer
Conjugation
Conjugation of ensandecer (c-ç alternation) (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)
Further reading
- “ensandecer”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
- “ensandecer”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026