pertenecer
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]Inherited from Latin pertinēre (from whence a rare older Spanish pertener), with the suffix -ecer, or possibly through a Vulgar Latin form *pertinēscēre. Compare Portuguese pertencer.
Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): (Spain) /peɾteneˈθeɾ/ [peɾ.t̪e.neˈθeɾ]
- IPA(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /peɾteneˈseɾ/ [peɾ.t̪e.neˈseɾ]
Audio (Colombia): (file) - Rhymes: -eɾ
- Syllabification: per‧te‧ne‧cer
Verb
[edit]pertenecer (first-person singular present pertenezco, first-person singular preterite pertenecí, past participle pertenecido)
- to belong; to pertain
- (reflexive) to be independent
Conjugation
[edit] Conjugation of pertenecer (c-zc alternation) (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
Selected combined forms of pertenecer (c-zc alternation)
These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.
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[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “pertenecer”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10
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