adelgazar
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]From earlier delgazar, from Vulgar Latin *delicatiāre, from Latin delicātus.
Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): (Spain) /adelɡaˈθaɾ/ [a.ð̞el.ɣ̞aˈθaɾ]
- IPA(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /adelɡaˈsaɾ/ [a.ð̞el.ɣ̞aˈsaɾ]
Audio (Colombia): (file) - Rhymes: -aɾ
- Syllabification: a‧del‧ga‧zar
Verb
[edit]adelgazar (first-person singular present adelgazo, first-person singular preterite adelgacé, past participle adelgazado)
- (transitive) to make thin or slender
- (transitive) to refine, purify
- (intransitive) to lose weight
- 2019, “El Perro De Tu Señorío”, performed by Carolina Durante:
- Y si peso mucho puedo adelgazar / Lo necesario para entrar en tu bolsillo
- And if I weigh a lot I can lose weight / What is necessary to fit in your pocket
- (reflexive) to become thin or slender; to lose weight
Conjugation
[edit] Conjugation of adelgazar (c-z alternation) (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
Selected combined forms of adelgazar (c-z alternation)
These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.
Derived terms
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[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “adelgazar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28
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