# encher
## Galician
### Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese encher (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Latin implēre. Compare Portuguese encher.

### Verb

encher (first-person singular present encho, first-person singular preterite enchín, past participle enchido) encher (first-person singular present encho, first-person singular preterite enchim or enchi, past participle enchido, reintegrationist norm)
* (transitive, reflexive) to fill
    Antonyms: baleirar, baldeirar
** 2019 May 17, “Milleiros de galegos maniféstanse a prol da nosa lingua”, in G24‎:As rúas de varias vilas e cidades enchíanse de xente que se manifestaba a prol da lingua.The streets of several towns and cities filled with people who protested in support of the [Galician] language.
* to sate
    Synonyms: fartar, saciar
* to flood (a river)
* to flood (the tide)
* to bore, tire
    Synonym: fartar

#### Conjugation

$^1$Less recommended.

#### Derived terms

* enchedoira
* enchedoiro
* enchenta
* enchente

#### Related terms

* cheo

#### Further reading

* “encher”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2024
* “encher” in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (2014).

### References

* Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “encher”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “encher”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
* Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “encher”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “encher”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “encher”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

## Portuguese
### Etymology

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese encher, from Latin implēre. Compare Galician encher.

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: (careful pronunciation) /ẽˈʃe(ʁ)/ [ẽˈʃe(h)], (natural pronunciation) /ĩˈʃe(ʁ)/ [ĩˈʃe(h)]
* (Brazil) IPA: (careful pronunciation) /ẽˈʃe(ʁ)/ [ẽˈʃe(h)], (natural pronunciation) /ĩˈʃe(ʁ)/ [ĩˈʃe(h)]
** (São Paulo) IPA: (careful pronunciation) /ẽˈʃe(ɾ)/, (natural pronunciation) /ĩˈʃe(ɾ)/
** (Rio de Janeiro) IPA: (careful pronunciation) /ẽˈʃe(ʁ)/ [ẽˈʃe(χ)], (natural pronunciation) /ĩˈʃe(ʁ)/ [ĩˈʃe(χ)]
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: (careful pronunciation) /ẽˈʃe(ɻ)/, (natural pronunciation) /ĩˈʃe(ɻ)/
* (Portugal) IPA: /ẽˈʃeɾ/
* (Portugal) IPA: /ẽˈʃeɾ/
** (Northern Portugal) IPA: /ẽˈt͡ʃeɾ/
** (Southern Portugal) IPA: /ẽˈʃe.ɾi/
* Hyphenation: en‧cher

### Verb

encher (first-person singular present encho, first-person singular preterite enchi, past participle enchido)
* to fill, fill up
* to inflate (e.g. a balloon or a tyre)

#### Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:encher.

#### Derived terms

* preencher

#### Descendants

* Macanese: inchí, enchê

#### See also

* cheio

#### Further reading

* “encher” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913