entumecer

Spanish

Alternative forms

entomecer (non-standard)
entormecer, atormecer, atomecer (crossed with adormecer)

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin intumēscō, intumēscere. According to Coromines & Pascual, first attested in Baltasar Gracián (17th century). The verb was partly affected by the inherited verb adormecer, producing some of the alternative forms shown above.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): (Spain) /entumeˈθeɾ/ [ẽn̪.t̪u.meˈθeɾ]
IPA^(key): (Latin America) /entumeˈseɾ/ [ẽn̪.t̪u.meˈseɾ]
Rhymes: -eɾ
Syllabification: en‧tu‧me‧cer

Verb

entumecer (first-person singular present entumezco, first-person singular preterite entumecí, past participle entumecido)

(transitive) to numb
(reflexive) to go numb
Se me entumeció el dedo.
My finger went numb.

Conjugation

Conjugation of entumecer (c-zc alternation) (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

		singular			plural
infinitive			entumecer
gerund			entumeciendo
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		entumecido		entumecida
		plural		entumecidos		entumecidas
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
indicative		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	entumezco	entumeces^{^tú} entumecés^{^vos}	entumece	entumecemos	entumecéis	entumecen
	imperfect	entumecía	entumecías	entumecía	entumecíamos	entumecíais	entumecían
	preterite	entumecí	entumeciste	entumeció	entumecimos	entumecisteis	entumecieron
	future	entumeceré	entumecerás	entumecerá	entumeceremos	entumeceréis	entumecerán
	conditional	entumecería	entumecerías	entumecería	entumeceríamos	entumeceríais	entumecerían

subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	entumezca	entumezcas^{^tú} entumezcás^{^vos²}	entumezca	entumezcamos	entumezcáis	entumezcan
	imperfect (ra)	entumeciera	entumecieras	entumeciera	entumeciéramos	entumecierais	entumecieran
	imperfect (se)	entumeciese	entumecieses	entumeciese	entumeciésemos	entumecieseis	entumeciesen
	future¹	entumeciere	entumecieres	entumeciere	entumeciéremos	entumeciereis	entumecieren

imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		entumece^{^tú} entumecé^{^vos}	entumezca	entumezcamos	entumeced	entumezcan
	negative		no entumezcas	no entumezca	no entumezcamos	no entumezcáis	no entumezcan

¹Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
²Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.

Selected combined forms of entumecer (c-zc alternation)

These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.

		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
with infinitive entumecer
	dative	entumecerme	entumecerte	entumecerle, entumecerse	entumecernos	entumeceros	entumecerles, entumecerse
	accusative	entumecerme	entumecerte	entumecerlo, entumecerla, entumecerse	entumecernos	entumeceros	entumecerlos, entumecerlas, entumecerse

with gerund entumeciendo
	dative	entumeciéndome	entumeciéndote	entumeciéndole, entumeciéndose	entumeciéndonos	entumeciéndoos	entumeciéndoles, entumeciéndose
	accusative	entumeciéndome	entumeciéndote	entumeciéndolo, entumeciéndola, entumeciéndose	entumeciéndonos	entumeciéndoos	entumeciéndolos, entumeciéndolas, entumeciéndose

with informal second-person singular tú imperative entumece
	dative	entuméceme	entumécete	entumécele	entumécenos	not used	entuméceles
	accusative	entuméceme	entumécete	entumécelo, entumécela	entumécenos	not used	entumécelos, entumécelas

with informal second-person singular vos imperative entumecé
	dative	entumeceme	entumecete	entumecele	entumecenos	not used	entumeceles
	accusative	entumeceme	entumecete	entumecelo, entumecela	entumecenos	not used	entumecelos, entumecelas

with formal second-person singular imperative entumezca
	dative	entumézcame	not used	entumézcale, entumézcase	entumézcanos	not used	entumézcales
	accusative	entumézcame	not used	entumézcalo, entumézcala, entumézcase	entumézcanos	not used	entumézcalos, entumézcalas

with first-person plural imperative entumezcamos
	dative	not used	entumezcámoste	entumezcámosle	entumezcámonos	entumezcámoos	entumezcámosles
	accusative	not used	entumezcámoste	entumezcámoslo, entumezcámosla	entumezcámonos	entumezcámoos	entumezcámoslos, entumezcámoslas

with informal second-person plural imperative entumeced
	dative	entumecedme	not used	entumecedle	entumecednos	entumeceos	entumecedles
	accusative	entumecedme	not used	entumecedlo, entumecedla	entumecednos	entumeceos	entumecedlos, entumecedlas

with formal second-person plural imperative entumezcan
	dative	entumézcanme	not used	entumézcanle	entumézcannos	not used	entumézcanles, entumézcanse
	accusative	entumézcanme	not used	entumézcanlo, entumézcanla	entumézcannos	not used	entumézcanlos, entumézcanlas, entumézcanse

Derived terms

entumecimiento