enchente

Galician

Alternative forms

• enchenta

Etymology

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

Noun

enchente f (plural enchentes)

1. alternative form of enchenta

Related terms

• cheo
• encher

References

• Seoane, Ernesto Xosé González; Granja, María Álvarez de la; Agrelo, Ana Isabel Boullón (2006–2022), “enchente”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval [Dictionary of dictionaries of Medieval Galician] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “enchente”, 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), “enchente”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “enchente”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Portuguese

Portuguese Wikipedia has an article on:

enchente

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Etymology

From encher (“to fill”) +‎ -ente.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽˈʃẽ.t͡ʃi/, (natural pronunciation) /ĩˈʃẽ.t͡ʃi/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽˈʃẽ.t͡ʃi/, (natural pronunciation) /ĩˈʃẽ.t͡ʃi/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽˈʃẽ.te/, (natural pronunciation) /ĩˈʃẽ.te/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ẽˈʃẽ.tɨ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ẽˈʃẽ.tɨ/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ẽˈt͡ʃẽ.tɨ/

• Rhymes: (Brazil) -ẽt͡ʃi, (Portugal) -ẽtɨ
• Hyphenation: en‧chen‧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

Further reading

• “enchente”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025
• “enchente”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025