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Meaning of engrescar | Babel Free

Verb CEFR B2
[əŋ.ɡɾəsˈka]

Definitions

  1. to rouse, to liven up, to encourage
    Balearic, Central, Valencia, transitive
  2. to get excited, to be keen
    Balearic, Central, Valencia, pronominal

Examples

“Era diumenge, feia molt temps que no havia estat al Parc, i va pensar: —Anirem a veure les bèsties.— Un artista com ell s'engrescava sempre amb els gestos i els moviments d'aquells animals exòtics.”

It was Sunday, it had been a while since he'd been to the Zoo, and he thought, "Let's go see the animals." An artist like him was always delighted by the gestures and movements of those exotic animals.

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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