escalecer

Asturian

Etymology

Inherited from Old Leonese escalecer. By surface analisis es- +‎ calecer.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /eskaleˈθeɾ/ [es.ka.leˈθeɾ]
  • Rhymes: -eɾ
  • Syllabification: es‧ca‧le‧cer

Verb

escalecer

  1. to warm up
    Entré pa la cocina y ende escalecí
    I entered the kitchen and there I warmed up

Conjugation

Further reading

  • Xosé Lluis García Arias (2002–2004), “escalecer”, in Diccionario general de la lengua asturiana [General Dictionary of the Asturian Language] (in Spanish), Editorial Prensa Asturiana, →ISBN
  • escalecer”, in Diccionariu de la llingua asturiana [Dictionary of the Asturian Language] (in Asturian), 1ª edición, Academia de la Llingua Asturiana, 2000, →ISBN

Old Leonese

Etymology

es- +‎ acalecer. Found in a Spanish document with heavy Leonese influence (Tractatus de proprietatibus rerum) dating to 1480.[1]

Verb

escalecer

  1. to warm up
    • 1480, Tractatus de proprietatibus rerum (Leonese-influenced Spanish):
      Auripimento [...] es en dos maneras, bermejo y cetrino, y tiene naturaleza de piedra sufre de escalecer y secar, y todos los metales quema, salvo el oro, y desgasta
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Descendants

  • Asturian: escalecer
  • Leonese: escalecere

References

  1. ^ María de las Nieves Sánchez González de Herrero, Manuscritos medievales asturiano-leoneses no literarios (from the University of Salamanca) in Lletres Asturianes nº100 (2009) Pgs.45-62