pertencer

From Old Galician and Old Portuguese pertẽecer (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Vulgar Latin *pertinescere, from Latin pertineō, pertinēre, from per (“through”) + teneō (“I hold”). Compare Spanish pertenecer.

• IPA^(key): /peɾtenˈθeɾ/
• Hyphenation: per‧ten‧cer

pertencer (first-person singular present perteno, first-person singular preterite pertenín, past participle pertenido)

1. to belong

• pertenza

• “pertencer” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
• “perteesç” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
• “pertencer” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “pertencer” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.

From Old Portuguese pertẽecer, from Vulgar Latin *pertinēscēre, from Latin pertinēre, from per (“through”) + teneō (“to hold”). Compare Spanish pertenecer.

• Hyphenation: per‧ten‧cer

pertencer (first-person singular present pertenço, first-person singular preterite pertenci, past participle pertencido)

1. (transitive with a) to belong to (to be property of; to be owned by)

   Esse livro pertence a mim.

   This book belongs to me.

2. (transitive with a) to belong to (to be a part of)
3. (set theory, transitive with a) to belong to (to be an element of a set)

• pertinente