verb/empekeɲeˈθeɾ/
to reduce, shrink
Etymology tree Spanish em- Spanish pequeño Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁ti Proto-Indo-European *-sḱéti Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁sḱeti Proto-Italic *-ēskō Latin -ēscō Old Spanish -ecer Spanish -ecer Spanish empequeñecer From em- + pequeño (“small”) + -ecer. Compare with Galician empequenecer.