vencer

From Latin vincĕre, present active infinitive of vincō.

vencer

1. to defeat

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

• vencimientu

From Old Galician and Old Portuguese vencer, from Latin vincere, present active infinitive of vincō, from Proto-Italic *winkō, from Proto-Indo-European *weyk- (“to overcome”).

• IPA^(key): [benˈθeɾ]

vencer (first-person singular present venzo, first-person singular preterite vencín, past participle vencido)

1. to defeat, conquer
2. first/third-person singular future subjunctive of vencer
3. first/third-person singular personal infinitive of vencer

• Note: venc- are changed to venz- before back vowels (a, o).

• vencemento

• “vencer” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
• “vencer” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
• “vencer” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “vencer” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “vencer” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

From Old Portuguese vencer, from Latin vincere, from Proto-Italic *winkō, from Proto-Indo-European *wi-n-k-, nasal infix from *weyk- (“to overcome”).

• Hyphenation: ven‧cer

vencer (first-person singular present venço, first-person singular preterite venci, past participle vencido)

1. (transitive, intransitive) to win

   Synonym: ganhar

   Antonym: perder

   Precisamos vencer a competição. ― We need to win the competition.

   Vencer não é importante. ― It is not important to win.

2. (transitive) to defeat, overcome

   Synonym: derrotar

   vencer o inimigo ― to defeat the enemy

   vencer medos ― to overcome fears

3. (intransitive, labeled food or drink) to expire

   O leite vence daqui a dois dias. ― The milk expires in two days.

4. (intransitive, economy, law) to be due

   A nossa dívida vence amanhã. ― Our debt is due tomorrow.

5. inflection of vencer:
   1. first/third-person singular future subjunctive
   2. first/third-person singular personal infinitive

• “vencer” in iDicionário Aulete.
• “vencer” in Dicionário inFormal.
• “vencer” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
• “vencer” in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa. Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2023.
• “vencer” in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa.
• “vencer” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.

From Old Spanish vencer, from Latin vincĕre, present active infinitive of vincō, from Proto-Italic *winkō, from Proto-Indo-European *wi-n-k-, nasal infix from *weyk- (“to overcome”).

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /benˈθeɾ/ [bẽn̟ˈθeɾ]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America) /benˈseɾ/ [bẽnˈseɾ]

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• Rhymes: -eɾ
• Syllabification: ven‧cer

vencer (first-person singular present venzo, first-person singular preterite vencí, past participle vencido)

1. (transitive, intransitive) to defeat, to win, to conquer

   Synonyms: derrotar, sujetar

   El amor vence todo. ― Love conquers all.

2. (transitive with a) to beat

   vencer al sistema ― to beat the system

3. (intransitive) to expire

   Synonyms: caducar, expirar

   La leche venció. ― The milk went sour.

   El plazo ha vencido. ― The deadline has expired.

• “vencer”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014