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franzir

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Portuguese

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Etymology

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Probably borrowed from Old French froncir (“to wrinkle, frown”),[1] from Frankish *hrunkja "a wrinkle" from Proto-Germanic *hrunkijō, *hrunkitō (“fold, wrinkle”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker- (“to turn, bend”). Less likely from Latin frangere;[2] cf. however also franger.

Pronunciation

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  • Hyphenation: fran‧zir

Verb

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franzir (first-person singular present franzo, first-person singular preterite franzi, past participle franzido)

  1. to frown (to form wrinkles in forehead)

Conjugation

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Descendants

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  • Macanese: franzí

References

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  1. ^ “franzir”, in Dicionário Infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2026
  2. ^ “franzir”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026

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