adolescer
Portuguese
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin adolēscere.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /a.do.leˈse(ʁ)/ [a.do.leˈse(h)]
- (São Paulo) IPA(key): /a.do.leˈse(ɾ)/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /a.do.leˈse(ʁ)/ [a.do.leˈse(χ)]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /a.do.leˈse(ɻ)/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): (careful pronunciation) /ɐ.du.lɨʃˈseɾ/ [ɐ.ðu.lɨʃˈseɾ], /ɐ.du.lɨˈʃeɾ/ [ɐ.ðu.lɨˈʃeɾ]
- (Southern Portugal) IPA(key): (careful pronunciation) /ɐ.du.lɨʃˈse.ɾi/ [ɐ.ðu.lɨʃˈse.ɾi], /ɐ.du.lɨˈʃe.ɾi/ [ɐ.ðu.lɨˈʃe.ɾi]
Verb
adolescer (first-person singular present adolesço, first-person singular preterite adolesci, past participle adolescido)
- to adolesce (commence or progress through adolescence)
Conjugation
Conjugation of adolescer (c-ç alternation) (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)
Related terms
Further reading
- “adolescer”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2025
- “adolescer”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025