empeorar
Meaning
- (transitive) to worsen, to make worse, to exacerbate
- (intransitive) to get worse, to deteriorate
Concepts
worsen
aggravate
make worse
exacerbate
deteriorate
get worse
complicate
confound
drop away
drop off
fall away
slip
exasperate
impair
suffer
get
spoil
make difficult
Frequency
Hyphenated as
em‧pe‧o‧rar
Pronounced as (IPA)
/empeoˈɾaɾ/
Etymology
From Early Medieval Latin impeiōrāre, from Latin peiōrem (“worse”). By surface analysis, en- + peor + -ar.
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