acontecer

== Galician == === Etymology === Derived from Vulgar Latin *contigīre, from Latin contingere. Compare Spanish acontecer. === Verb === acontecer (first-person singular present acontezo, first-person singular preterite acontecín, past participle acontecido)acontecer (first-person singular present aconteço, first-person singular preterite acontecim or aconteci, past participle acontecido, reintegrationist norm) to happen Synonyms: ocorrer, pasar, suceder ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Derived terms ==== acontecemento ==== Further reading ==== “acontecer”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2026 == Portuguese == === Etymology === Derived from Vulgar Latin *contigīre, from Latin contingere. Compare Spanish acontecer. === Pronunciation === (Northeast Brazil) IPA(key): /a.kõ.teˈse(h)/ (without vowel harmony) IPA(key): /a.kõ.tɛˈse(h)/ (Rural Central Brazil) IPA(key): /ɐ.kũ.t(i)ˈse(ɹ)/ Hyphenation: a‧con‧te‧cer === Verb === acontecer (first-person singular present aconteço, first-person singular preterite aconteci, past participle acontecido) (impersonal, transitive) to happen; to occur; to take place Synonyms: (formal) advir, (somewhat formal) ocorrer, (formal) haver, suceder, (slang) rolar, (informal) ter Aconteceu um acidente na rodovia. ― There was an accident in the highway. Mentira! Isso nunca aconteceu! ― Nonsense! That never happened! (informal) to become famous or successful ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Quotations ==== For quotations using this term, see Citations:acontecer. ==== Derived terms ==== acontecimento acontece que === Further reading === “acontecer”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026 “acontecer” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913 “acontecer”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026 == Spanish == === Alternative forms === contecer (obsolete) === Etymology === From a- + Old Spanish contesçer, derived from Old Spanish contir, from Vulgar Latin *contigīre, from Latin contingere. Akin to Portuguese acontecer. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /akonteˈθeɾ/ [a.kõn̪.t̪eˈθeɾ] (Equatorial Guinea, Spain) IPA(key): /akonteˈseɾ/ [a.kõn̪.t̪eˈseɾ] (Latin America, Philippines) Rhymes: -eɾ Syllabification: a‧con‧te‧cer === Verb === acontecer (third-person only, third-person singular present acontece, third-person singular preterite aconteció, past participle acontecido) (impersonal, literary) to come to pass, to happen, to occur, to transpire, to come about, to befall Synonyms: ocurrir, suceder, pasar ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Derived terms ==== === Noun === acontecer m (plural aconteceres) (usually in the plural) happening; goings-on === References === Coromines, Joan; Pascual, José Antonio (1984), “acontecer”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico [Critical Castilian and Hispanic etymological dictionary]‎[1] (in Spanish), volume I (A–Ca), Madrid: Gredos, →ISBN, page 39 === Further reading === “acontecer”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025