engrescar

From en- +‎ gresca (“fun”) +‎ -ar.

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [əŋ.ɡɾəsˈka]
• IPA^(key): (Valencian) [eŋ.ɡɾesˈkaɾ]

engrescar (first-person singular present engresco, first-person singular preterite engresquí, past participle engrescat); root stress: (Central) /ɛ/; (Valencian) /e/; (Balearic) /ə/

1. (transitive) to rouse, to liven up, to encourage

   Synonyms: incitar, excitar, entusiasmar

2. (takes a reflexive pronoun) to get excited, to be keen [+ amb (object) = on]
   • 1919, Josep M. de Sagarra, Paulina Buxareu:

     Era diumenge, feia molt temps que no havia estat al Parc, i va pensar: —Anirem a veure les bèsties.— Un artista com ell s'engrescava sempre amb els gestos i els moviments d'aquells animals exòtics.

     It was Sunday, it had been a while since he'd been to the Zoo, and he thought, "Let's go see the animals." An artist like him was always delighted by the gestures and movements of those exotic animals.

• desengrescar
• engrescador
• engrescament

• “engrescar” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
• “engrescar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
• “engrescar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

• IPA^(key): /enɡɾesˈkaɾ/ [ẽŋ.ɡɾesˈkaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: en‧gres‧car

engrescar (first-person singular present engresco, first-person singular preterite engresqué, past participle engrescado)

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• “engrescar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014