envelhecer

Meaning

to age (grow old)

Concepts

age

get on

mature

grow old

maturate

old

🧓

get older

senesce

date

📅

get old

Synonyms

avelhentar

avelhar-se

Translations

invecchiare

envejecer

vieillir

envellir

altern

verouderen

âge

yaşlanmak

alt werden

هرم

vergreisen

شيخ

reifen

älter werden

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ẽ.ve.ʎeˈse(ʁ)/

Etymology

Cognate with Galician: envellecer

Cognate with Spanish: envejecer

Cognate with Catalan: envellir

Cognate with Romanian: învechi

In summary

From Old Galician-Portuguese envelhecer. By surface analysis, en- + velho (“old”) + -ecer. Compare Galician envellecer, Spanish envejecer, Catalan envellir, Romanian învechi.