Polyglot Dictionary

enfraquecer

/ẽfɾakeˈseɾ/

verb B2

o (masc.) a (fem.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

V Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Common Domain General Tone Neutral

Forms

present (eu)
enfraqueço
preterite (eu)
enfraqueci
past participle
enfraquecido

Meaning

  1. to weaken

    • A doença o enfraqueceu.

      Illness weakened him.

V Category Action Concreteness Concrete Agency Voluntary Duration Durative Transitivity Transitive

Similar words

debilitar

debilitar is slightly more medical or formal; enfraquecer is the everyday word — both mean "to weaken."

Similar in other languages

German

schwächen

schwächen is the German word for the same thing — both mean "to weaken."

Spanish

debilitar

debilitar is the Spanish word for the same thing — both mean "to weaken."

Spanish

flaquear

flaquear is the Spanish word for the same thing — both mean "to weaken."

Practice

1 What does enfraquecer mean?

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