condecir

Spanish

Etymology

Possibly from Latin condecere, but more likely unrelated and rather from con- +‎ decir, or possibly Latin condīcere.[1] Compare Portuguese condizer.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kondeˈθiɾ/ [kõn̪.d̪eˈθiɾ] (Spain)
  • IPA(key): /kondeˈsiɾ/ [kõn̪.d̪eˈsiɾ] (Latin America, Philippines)
  • Rhymes: -iɾ
  • Syllabification: con‧de‧cir

Verb

condecir (first-person singular present condigo, first-person singular preterite condije, past participle condicho)

  1. to accord, correspond

Conjugation

References

  1. ^ Joan Coromines, José A[ntonio] Pascual (1983–1991) “condecir”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico [Critical Castilian and Hispanic Etymological Dictionary] (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos

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