sucumbir
Portuguese
Alternative forms
- succumbir (pre-standardization spelling)
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin succumbere.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /su.kũˈbi(ʁ)/ [su.kũˈbi(h)]
- (São Paulo) IPA(key): /su.kũˈbi(ɾ)/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /su.kũˈbi(ʁ)/ [su.kũˈbi(χ)]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /su.kũˈbi(ɻ)/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /su.kũˈbiɾ/
- (Southern Portugal) IPA(key): /su.kũˈbi.ɾi/
- Hyphenation: su‧cum‧bir
Verb
sucumbir (first-person singular present sucumbo, first-person singular preterite sucumbi, past participle sucumbido)
- (transitive) to succumb (yield to something) [with a or indirect object pronoun]
- 1880, Maria Amalia Vaz de Carvalho, “Madame de Balsac [Madam of Balsac]”, in Contos e phantasias [Short stories and fantasies][1], 2nd edition, Lisbon: Parceria Antonio Maria Pereira, published 1905, page 262:
- Quem deixaria de succumbir a esta vida de martyrio?
- Who wouldn't succumb to this life of martyrdom?
- (intransitive) to succumb (to give up)
- (intransitive) to succumb (die)
- Não resistiu à doença e sucumbiu. ― He couldn't resist the disease and succumbed.
Conjugation
Conjugation of sucumbir (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)
Further reading
- “sucumbir”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
- “sucumbir”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2025
- “sucumbir”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025
- “sucumbir”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin succumbere.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /sukumˈbiɾ/ [su.kũmˈbiɾ]
Audio (Colombia): (file) - Rhymes: -iɾ
- Syllabification: su‧cum‧bir
Verb
sucumbir (first-person singular present sucumbo, first-person singular preterite sucumbí, past participle sucumbido)
- (intransitive) to succumb
Conjugation
Conjugation of sucumbir (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
Selected combined forms of sucumbir
These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.
| singular | plural | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | ||
| with infinitive sucumbir | dative | sucumbirme | sucumbirte | sucumbirle, sucumbirse | sucumbirnos | sucumbiros | sucumbirles, sucumbirse |
| accusative | sucumbirme | sucumbirte | sucumbirlo, sucumbirla, sucumbirse | sucumbirnos | sucumbiros | sucumbirlos, sucumbirlas, sucumbirse | |
| with gerund sucumbiendo | dative | sucumbiéndome | sucumbiéndote | sucumbiéndole, sucumbiéndose | sucumbiéndonos | sucumbiéndoos | sucumbiéndoles, sucumbiéndose |
| accusative | sucumbiéndome | sucumbiéndote | sucumbiéndolo, sucumbiéndola, sucumbiéndose | sucumbiéndonos | sucumbiéndoos | sucumbiéndolos, sucumbiéndolas, sucumbiéndose | |
| with informal second-person singular tú imperative sucumbe | dative | sucúmbeme | sucúmbete | sucúmbele | sucúmbenos | not used | sucúmbeles |
| accusative | sucúmbeme | sucúmbete | sucúmbelo, sucúmbela | sucúmbenos | not used | sucúmbelos, sucúmbelas | |
| with informal second-person singular vos imperative sucumbí | dative | sucumbime | sucumbite | sucumbile | sucumbinos | not used | sucumbiles |
| accusative | sucumbime | sucumbite | sucumbilo, sucumbila | sucumbinos | not used | sucumbilos, sucumbilas | |
| with formal second-person singular imperative sucumba | dative | sucúmbame | not used | sucúmbale, sucúmbase | sucúmbanos | not used | sucúmbales |
| accusative | sucúmbame | not used | sucúmbalo, sucúmbala, sucúmbase | sucúmbanos | not used | sucúmbalos, sucúmbalas | |
| with first-person plural imperative sucumbamos | dative | not used | sucumbámoste | sucumbámosle | sucumbámonos | sucumbámoos | sucumbámosles |
| accusative | not used | sucumbámoste | sucumbámoslo, sucumbámosla | sucumbámonos | sucumbámoos | sucumbámoslos, sucumbámoslas | |
| with informal second-person plural imperative sucumbid | dative | sucumbidme | not used | sucumbidle | sucumbidnos | sucumbíos | sucumbidles |
| accusative | sucumbidme | not used | sucumbidlo, sucumbidla | sucumbidnos | sucumbíos | sucumbidlos, sucumbidlas | |
| with formal second-person plural imperative sucumban | dative | sucúmbanme | not used | sucúmbanle | sucúmbannos | not used | sucúmbanles, sucúmbanse |
| accusative | sucúmbanme | not used | sucúmbanlo, sucúmbanla | sucúmbannos | not used | sucúmbanlos, sucúmbanlas, sucúmbanse | |
Further reading
- “sucumbir”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024