# empalidecer
## Portuguese
### Etymology

From em- +‎ pálido +‎ -ecer. Compare Spanish empalidecer.

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.pa.li.deˈse(ʁ)/ [ẽ.pa.li.deˈse(h)], (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.pa.li.deˈse(ʁ)/ [ĩ.pa.li.deˈse(h)]
* (Brazil) IPA: (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.pa.li.deˈse(ʁ)/ [ẽ.pa.li.deˈse(h)], (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.pa.li.deˈse(ʁ)/ [ĩ.pa.li.deˈse(h)]
** (São Paulo) IPA: (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.pa.li.deˈse(ɾ)/, (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.pa.li.deˈse(ɾ)/
** (Rio de Janeiro) IPA: (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.pa.li.deˈse(ʁ)/ [ẽ.pa.li.deˈse(χ)], (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.pa.li.deˈse(ʁ)/ [ĩ.pa.li.deˈse(χ)]
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.pa.li.deˈse(ɻ)/, (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.pa.li.deˈse(ɻ)/
* (Portugal) IPA: /ẽ.pɐ.li.dɨˈseɾ/ [ẽ.pɐ.li.ðɨˈseɾ]
* (Portugal) IPA: /ẽ.pɐ.li.dɨˈseɾ/ [ẽ.pɐ.li.ðɨˈseɾ]
** (Southern Portugal) IPA: /ẽ.pɐ.li.dɨˈse.ɾi/ [ẽ.pɐ.li.ðɨˈse.ɾi]
* Hyphenation: em‧pa‧li‧de‧cer

### Verb

empalidecer (first-person singular present empalideço, first-person singular preterite empalideci, past participle empalidecido)
* (intransitive) to pale (to become pale)

#### Conjugation
## Spanish
### Etymology

From em- +‎ pálido (“pale”) +‎ -ecer.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Spain) /empalideˈθeɾ/ [ẽm.pa.li.ð̞eˈθeɾ]
* IPA: (Latin America, Philippines) /empalideˈseɾ/ [ẽm.pa.li.ð̞eˈseɾ]
* Rhymes: -eɾ
* Syllabification: em‧pa‧li‧de‧cer

### Verb

empalidecer (first-person singular present empalidezco, first-person singular preterite empalidecí, past participle empalidecido)
* to become pale
    Synonym: palidecer

#### Conjugation

| infinitive | infinitive | infinitive | empalidecer | empalidecer | empalidecer | empalidecer | empalidecer |
| gerund | gerund | gerund | empalideciendo | empalideciendo | empalideciendo | empalideciendo | empalideciendo |
| past participle | past participle | | | masculine | masculine | feminine | feminine |
| past participle | past participle | singular | singular | empalidecido | empalidecido | empalidecida | empalidecida |
| past participle | past participle | plural | plural | empalidecidos | empalidecidos | empalidecidas | empalidecidas |
| | | singular | singular | singular | plural | plural | plural |
| | | 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 |
| indicative | present | empalidezco | empalideces$^{tú}$ empalidecés$^{vos}$ | empalidece | empalidecemos | empalidecéis | empalidecen |
| indicative | imperfect | empalidecía | empalidecías | empalidecía | empalidecíamos | empalidecíais | empalidecían |
| indicative | preterite | empalidecí | empalideciste | empalideció | empalidecimos | empalidecisteis | empalidecieron |
| indicative | future | empalideceré | empalidecerás | empalidecerá | empalideceremos | empalideceréis | empalidecerán |
| indicative | conditional | empalidecería | empalidecerías | empalidecería | empalideceríamos | empalideceríais | empalidecerían |
| subjunctive | | yo | tú vos | él/ella/ello usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ellos/ellas ustedes |
| subjunctive | present | empalidezca | empalidezcas$^{tú}$ empalidezcás$^{vos2}$ | empalidezca | empalidezcamos | empalidezcáis | empalidezcan |
| subjunctive | imperfect (ra) | empalideciera | empalidecieras | empalideciera | empalideciéramos | empalidecierais | empalidecieran |
| subjunctive | imperfect (se) | empalideciese | empalidecieses | empalideciese | empalideciésemos | empalidecieseis | empalideciesen |
| subjunctive | future$^1$ | empalideciere | empalidecieres | empalideciere | empalideciéremos | empalideciereis | empalidecieren |
| imperative | | — | tú vos | usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ustedes |
| imperative | affirmative | | empalidece$^{tú}$ empalidecé$^{vos}$ | empalidezca | empalidezcamos | empalideced | empalidezcan |
| imperative | negative | | no empalidezcas | no empalidezca | no empalidezcamos | no empalidezcáis | no empalidezcan |
$^1$Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language. $^2$Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.
These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.

### Further reading

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