empeorar

From Early Medieval Latin impeiōrāre, from Latin peiōrem (“worse”). By surface analysis, en- +‎ peor +‎ -ar.

• IPA^(key): /empeoˈɾaɾ/ [ẽm.pe.oˈɾaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Hyphenation: em‧pe‧o‧rar

empeorar (first-person singular indicative present empeoro, past participle empeoráu)

1. (transitive) to worsen (transitive: make worse)
2. (intransitive) to worsen (intransitive: get worse)

• peor

• empiorar

From Early Medieval Latin impeiōrāre, from Latin peiōrem (“worse”). By surface analysis, en- +‎ peor +‎ -ar.

• IPA^(key): /empeoˈɾaɾ/ [em.peoˈɾaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Hyphenation: em‧pe‧o‧rar

empeorar (first-person singular present empeoro, first-person singular preterite empeorei, past participle empeorado)

1. to worsen

• empeoramento

• “empeorar”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2025

From Early Medieval Latin impeiōrāre, from Latin peiōrem (“worse”). By surface analysis, en- +‎ peor +‎ -ar.

• IPA^(key): /empeoˈɾaɾ/ [ẽm.pe.oˈɾaɾ]

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• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: em‧pe‧o‧rar

empeorar (first-person singular present empeoro, first-person singular preterite empeoré, past participle empeorado)

1. (transitive) to worsen, to make worse, to exacerbate
2. (intransitive) to get worse, to deteriorate

• “empeorar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024