enchente

enchente

Galician

Enchente, River Tea, Galicia

Enchente, River Minho, Galicia

Alternative forms

• enchenta

Etymology

encher (“to fill”) +‎ -ente, from Old Portuguese encher, from Latin impleō (“to fill up”).

Pronunciation

• (standard) IPA^(key): /enˈt͡ʃɛnte̝/, /enˈt͡ʃente̝/
• (eastern) IPA^(key): /inˈt͡ʃɛnte̝/

Noun

enchente f (plural enchentes)

1. flood (overflow of water)
2. rising tyde; high tyde
3. feast, large meal and the sensation of filling caused by it
   • 1840, Manuel Fernandez Magariños, Foliada que fixo o labrador Seor Pedro:

     De cando en cando seu tío espricaballe contento a boa vida dos Curas e dos Frades e dos Cregos, as enchentes que papaban

     From time to time his uncle told him merrily about the good life the parsons, monks and priests lived, the feasts they munched

4. (figuratively) large quantity of something

Synonyms

• chea

Related terms

• cheo
• encher

References

• “enchente” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006-2012.
• “enchente” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006-2013.
• “enchente” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “enchente” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

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Portuguese

Etymology

encher (“to fill”) +‎ -ente, from Old Portuguese encher, from Latin implēre, present active infinitive of impleō (“I fill up”).

Pronunciation

• (South Brazil) IPA^(key): /ẽ.ˈʃẽ.te/

Noun

enchente f (plural enchentes)

1. flood (overflow of water)

Synonyms

• cheia, inundação

Antonyms

• seca, estiagem

Derived terms

• enchente-relâmpago

Related terms

• cheio
• encher