acontecer

Galician

Verb

acontecer

  1. to happen

Conjugation

Note: this verb is used only in the third person.

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Further reading


Portuguese

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /a.kõ.teˈse(ʁ)/ [a.kõ.teˈse(h)]
    • (São Paulo) IPA(key): /a.kõ.teˈse(ɾ)/
    • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /a.kõ.teˈse(ʁ)/ [a.kõ.teˈse(χ)]
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /a.kõ.teˈse(ɻ)/

  • (Northeast Brazil) IPA(key): /a.kõ.teˈse(h)/
    • (without vowel harmony) IPA(key): /a.kõ.tɛˈse(h)/
  • (Rural Central Brazil) IPA(key): /ɐ.kũ.t(i)ˈse(ɹ)/
  • Hyphenation: a‧con‧te‧cer

Verb

acontecer (first-person singular present aconteço, first-person singular preterite aconteci, 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!
    Synonyms: (formal) advir, (somewhat formal) ocorrer, (formal) haver, suceder, (slang) rolar, (informal) ter
  2. (informal) to become famous or successful

Conjugation

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:acontecer.

Derived terms

Further reading

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

Spanish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From a- + contecer, from Vulgar Latin *contingēscō, *contingēscere, inchoative of Latin contingō (to touch; to arrive at). Alternatively, Corominas proposes derivation from Old Spanish contir, from Vulgar Latin *contigō, *contigere, from the same Latin root. Related to English contact.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (Spain) /akonteˈθeɾ/ [a.kõn̪.t̪eˈθeɾ]
  • IPA(key): (Latin America) /akonteˈseɾ/ [a.kõn̪.t̪eˈseɾ]
  • Rhymes: -eɾ
  • Syllabification: a‧con‧te‧cer

Noun

acontecer m (plural aconteceres)

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

Verb

acontecer (third-person only, third-person singular present acontece, third-person singular preterite aconteció, past participle acontecido)

  1. (impersonal, literary) to come to pass, to happen, to occur, to transpire, to come about, to befall
    Synonyms: ocurrir, suceder, pasar

Conjugation

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Further reading

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