acontecer

Galician

Verb

acontecer

  1. to happen

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Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Portuguese acontecer, from a- + contecer, from Vulgar Latin *contingēscō, *contingēscere, inchoative of Latin contingō (to touch; to arrive at).

Pronunciation

  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /ɐ.ˌkõ.tɨ.ˈseɾ/, [ɐ.ˌkõ.tɯ̽.ˈseɾ]
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /a.ˌkõ.te.ˈse(ʁ)/, [a.ˌkõ.te.ˈse(χ)], [a.ˌkõ.te.ˈse(ɾ)]
    • (Paulista) IPA(key): [a.ˌkõ.te.ˈse(ɹ)], [a.ˌkõ.te.ˈse(ɾ)]
    • (South Brazil) IPA(key): [a.ˌkõ.te.ˈse(ɻ)], [a.ˌkõ.te.ˈse(ɾ)]
    • (Carioca) IPA(key): [a.ˌkõ.te.ˈse(χ)]
  • Hyphenation: a‧con‧te‧cer

Verb

acontecer (first-person singular present indicative aconteço, past participle acontecido)

  1. (impersonal, transitive) to happen; to occur; to take place
    Aconteceu um acidente na rodovia.There was an accident in the highway.
    Mentira! Isso nunca aconteceu!Nonsense! This never happened!
  2. (informal) to become famous or successful

Conjugation

Quotations

For quotations of use of this term, see Citations:acontecer.

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Further reading

  • acontecer in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913

Spanish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From a- + Vulgar Latin *contingēscō, *contingēscere, inchoative of Latin contingō (to touch; to arrive at).

Pronunciation

  • (Castilian) IPA(key): /akonteˈθeɾ/, [akõn̪t̪eˈθeɾ]
  • (Latin America) IPA(key): /akonteˈseɾ/, [akõn̪t̪eˈseɾ]

Noun

acontecer m (plural aconteceres)

  1. (usually in the plural) happening; goings-on

Verb

acontecer (first-person singular present acontezco, first-person singular preterite acontecí, past participle acontecido)

  1. to happen, occur, come about
    Synonyms: ocurrir, suceder, pasar

Conjugation

  • Rule: c becomes a zc before a or o.

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