denegrir

• denegrer

Attested since 1671. From Latin dēnigrāre (“to blacken”). Compare English denigrate.

denegrir (third-person only, third-person singular present denigre, third-person singular preterite denegriu, past participle denegrido)
denegrir (first-person singular present denigro, third-person singular present denigre, first-person singular preterite denegrim or denegri, past participle denegrido, reintegrationist norm)

1. (takes a reflexive pronoun) to blacken; to turn black or livid

   Denegriúselle a perna polo choque. ― His leg turned livid because of the clash.

   • 1671, Gabriel Feijoo de Araujo, Contenda dos labradores de Caldelas:

     Juro por tantos, è cantos / que à an de uer denegrada, / anque a justicia me lebe / os bois da corte, yas bacas. / eu pido vsos, e custumes / calen barbas, falen cartas

     I swear by each and every one that they shall see it livid, even though Justice takes away my oxen from the stables and the cows. I ask for customs and habits, actions speak louder than words.

• denegrido

• “denegreçer” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
• “denegr” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
• “denegrir” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “denegrir” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “denegrir” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

• denigrir

• Hyphenation: de‧ne‧grir

denegrir (first-person singular present denigro, third-person singular present denigre, first-person singular preterite denegri, past participle denegrido)

1. (transitive) denigrate (to criticise so as to besmirch; to treat as worthless)