Polyglot Dictionary

envejecer

/embexeˈseɾ/

verb B2

el (masc.) la (fem.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

V Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Common Domain General Tone Neutral

Forms

present (yo)
envejezco
preterite (yo)
envejecí
past participle
envejecido

Meaning

  1. to age

    • Envejeció de golpe.

      He aged all of a sudden.

V Category Action Concreteness Concrete Agency Voluntary Duration Durative Transitivity Transitive

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Portuguese

envelhecer

envelhecer is the Portuguese word for the same thing — both mean "to age."

Practice

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