envejecer

From en- +‎ viejo +‎ -ecer. Compare Portuguese envelhecer, Catalan envellir.

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /embexeˈθeɾ/ [ẽm.be.xeˈθeɾ]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America) /embexeˈseɾ/ [ẽm.be.xeˈseɾ]

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• Rhymes: -eɾ
• Syllabification: en‧ve‧je‧cer

envejecer (first-person singular present envejezco, first-person singular preterite envejecí, past participle envejecido)

1. (intransitive) to get old
2. (transitive) to age
3. (reflexive) to age, grow old

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• enviejar (Salamanca)

• “envejecer”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014