suceder

Galician

Etymology

From Latin succēdere.

Pronunciation

 
  • IPA(key): (standard) /suθeˈdeɾ/ [s̺u.θeˈð̞eɾ]
  • IPA(key): (seseo) /suseˈdeɾ/ [su.seˈð̞eɾ]

  • Rhymes: -eɾ
  • Hyphenation: su‧ce‧der

Verb

suceder (first-person singular present sucedo, first-person singular preterite sucedín, past participle sucedido)
suceder (first-person singular present sucedo, first-person singular preterite sucedim or sucedi, past participle sucedido, reintegrationist norm)

  1. to happen
  2. to follow, to succeed

Conjugation

Further reading

Portuguese

Alternative forms

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin succēdere.

Pronunciation

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /su.seˈde(ʁ)/ [su.seˈde(h)]
    • (São Paulo) IPA(key): /su.seˈde(ɾ)/
    • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /su.seˈde(ʁ)/ [su.seˈde(χ)]
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /su.seˈde(ɻ)/
 
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /su.sɨˈdeɾ/ [su.sɨˈðeɾ]
    • (Southern Portugal) IPA(key): /su.sɨˈde.ɾi/ [su.sɨˈðe.ɾi]

  • Hyphenation: su‧ce‧der

Verb

suceder (first-person singular present sucedo, first-person singular preterite sucedi, past participle sucedido)

  1. to happen
    • 1880, Maria Amalia Vaz de Carvalho, “O Romance de Adelina [Adelina’s romance]”, in Contos e phantasias [Short stories and fantasies]‎[1], 2nd edition, Lisbon: Parceria Antonio Maria Pereira, published 1905, page 134:
      Mas como foi que tudo isto succedeu? pergun­tas tu cheia de pasmo.
      But how was it that all of this happened? you ask agasp.
  2. to succeed to, to follow

Conjugation

Further reading

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

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin succēdere. The meaning of "to be successful" was lost from this verb and given to the verb conseguir and the verb phrase "tener éxito".

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /suθeˈdeɾ/ [su.θeˈð̞eɾ] (Spain)
  • IPA(key): /suseˈdeɾ/ [su.seˈð̞eɾ] (Latin America, Philippines)
  • Rhymes: -eɾ
  • Syllabification: su‧ce‧der

Verb

suceder (first-person singular present sucedo, first-person singular preterite sucedí, past participle sucedido)

  1. to happen, to befall, to occur
    Synonyms: ocurrir, pasar
    ¿Qué sucede?What’s the matter?
    Suceda lo que sucedaCome what may.
    • c. 1935, Pablo Neruda, Walking Around:
      Sucede que me canso de mis pies y mis uñas / y mi pelo y mi sombra. / Sucede que me canso de ser hombre.
      It happens that I'm tired of my feet and nails / and my hair and my shadow. / It happens that I'm tired of being a man.
  2. to succeed to, to follow

Conjugation

Further reading