acontecer
GalicianEdit
EtymologyEdit
Derived from Vulgar Latin *contigīre, from Latin contingere. Compare Spanish acontecer.
VerbEdit
acontecer
- to happen
ConjugationEdit
Note: this verb is used only in the third person.
SynonymsEdit
Derived termsEdit
Further readingEdit
- “acontecer” in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega, Royal Galician Academy.
PortugueseEdit
EtymologyEdit
Derived from Vulgar Latin *contigīre, from Latin contingere. Compare Spanish acontecer.
PronunciationEdit
- (Northeast Brazil) IPA(key): /a.kõ.teˈse(h)/
- (Rural Central Brazil) IPA(key): /ɐ.kũ.t(i)ˈse(ɹ)/
- Hyphenation: a‧con‧te‧cer
VerbEdit
acontecer (first-person singular present aconteço, first-person singular preterite aconteci, past participle acontecido)
- (impersonal, transitive) to happen; to occur; to take place
- (informal) to become famous or successful
ConjugationEdit
QuotationsEdit
For quotations using this term, see Citations:acontecer.
Derived termsEdit
Further readingEdit
- “acontecer” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
SpanishEdit
Alternative formsEdit
- contecer (obsolete)
EtymologyEdit
From a- + Old Spanish contesçer, derived from Old Spanish contir, from Vulgar Latin *contigīre, from Latin contingere. Related to English contact.
PronunciationEdit
- IPA(key): (Spain) /akonteˈθeɾ/ [a.kõn̪.t̪eˈθeɾ]
- IPA(key): (Latin America) /akonteˈseɾ/ [a.kõn̪.t̪eˈseɾ]
- Rhymes: -eɾ
- Syllabification: a‧con‧te‧cer
NounEdit
acontecer m (plural aconteceres)
VerbEdit
acontecer (third-person only, third-person singular present acontece, third-person singular preterite aconteció, past participle acontecido)
- (impersonal, literary) to come to pass, to happen, to occur, to transpire, to come about, to befall
ConjugationEdit
infinitive | acontecer | ||||||
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gerund | aconteciendo | ||||||
past participle | masculine | feminine | |||||
singular | acontecido | acontecida | |||||
plural | acontecidos | acontecidas | |||||
singular | 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 | |
present | — | — | acontece | — | — | acontecen | |
imperfect | — | — | acontecía | — | — | acontecían | |
preterite | — | — | aconteció | — | — | acontecieron | |
future | — | — | acontecerá | — | — | acontecerán | |
conditional | — | — | acontecería | — | — | acontecerían | |
subjunctive | yo | tú vos |
él/ella/ello usted |
nosotros nosotras |
vosotros vosotras |
ellos/ellas ustedes | |
present | — | — | acontezca | — | — | acontezcan | |
imperfect (ra) |
— | — | aconteciera | — | — | acontecieran | |
imperfect (se) |
— | — | aconteciese | — | — | aconteciesen | |
future1 | — | — | aconteciere | — | — | acontecieren | |
imperative | — | tú vos |
usted | nosotros nosotras |
vosotros vosotras |
ustedes | |
affirmative | — | — | — | — | — | ||
negative | — | — | — | — | — |
1Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.
singular | plural | ||||||
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1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | ||
with infinitive acontecer | |||||||
dative | acontecerme | acontecerte | acontecerle, acontecerse | acontecernos | aconteceros | acontecerles, acontecerse | |
accusative | acontecerme | acontecerte | acontecerlo, acontecerla, acontecerse | acontecernos | aconteceros | acontecerlos, acontecerlas, acontecerse | |
with gerund aconteciendo | |||||||
dative | aconteciéndome | aconteciéndote | aconteciéndole, aconteciéndose | aconteciéndonos | aconteciéndoos | aconteciéndoles, aconteciéndose | |
accusative | aconteciéndome | aconteciéndote | aconteciéndolo, aconteciéndola, aconteciéndose | aconteciéndonos | aconteciéndoos | aconteciéndolos, aconteciéndolas, aconteciéndose | |
with informal second-person singular tú/vos imperative — | |||||||
dative | — | — | — | — | not used | — | |
accusative | — | — | —, — | — | not used | —, — | |
with formal second-person singular imperative — | |||||||
dative | — | not used | —, — | — | not used | — | |
accusative | — | not used | —, —, — | — | not used | —, — | |
with first-person plural imperative — | |||||||
dative | not used | — | — | — | — | — | |
accusative | not used | — | —, — | — | — | —, — | |
with informal second-person plural imperative — | |||||||
dative | — | not used | — | — | — | — | |
accusative | — | not used | —, — | — | — | —, — | |
with formal second-person plural imperative — | |||||||
dative | — | not used | — | — | not used | —, — | |
accusative | — | not used | —, — | — | not used | —, —, — |
Derived termsEdit
ReferencesEdit
- Joan Coromines; José A. Pascual (1984), “acontecer”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico (in Spanish), volume I (A–Ca), Madrid: Gredos, →ISBN, page 39
Further readingEdit
- “acontecer”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014