# -ecer
## Portuguese
### Etymology

From Latin -ēscere. Doublet of -escer.

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /eˈse(ʁ)/ [eˈse(h)]
* (Brazil) IPA: /eˈse(ʁ)/ [eˈse(h)]
** (São Paulo) IPA: /eˈse(ɾ)/
** (Rio de Janeiro) IPA: /eˈse(ʁ)/ [eˈse(χ)]
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /eˈse(ɻ)/
* (Portugal) IPA: /ɨˈseɾ/
* (Portugal) IPA: /ɨˈseɾ/
** (Southern Portugal) IPA: /ɨˈse.ɾi/
* Homophone: -escer (Brazil)

### Suffix

-ecer (verb-forming suffix, first-person singular present -eço, first-person singular preterite -eci, past participle -ecido)
* -en (to make [adjective], to cause to be [adjective])

#### Derived terms
## Spanish
### Etymology

From Latin -ēscere, forming the present active infinitive of verbs ending in -ēscō.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Spain) /eˈθeɾ/ [eˈθeɾ]
* IPA: (Latin America, Philippines) /eˈseɾ/ [eˈseɾ]
* Rhymes: -eɾ
* Syllabification: -e‧cer

### Suffix

-ecer (verb-forming suffix, first-person singular present -ezco, first-person singular preterite -ecí, past participle -ecido)
* -esce

#### Conjugation

| infinitive | infinitive | infinitive | -ecer | -ecer | -ecer | -ecer | -ecer |
| gerund | gerund | gerund | -eciendo | -eciendo | -eciendo | -eciendo | -eciendo |
| past participle | past participle | | | masculine | masculine | feminine | feminine |
| past participle | past participle | singular | singular | -ecido | -ecido | -ecida | -ecida |
| past participle | past participle | plural | plural | -ecidos | -ecidos | -ecidas | -ecidas |
| | | singular | singular | singular | plural | plural | plural |
| | | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person |
| indicative | | yo | tú vos | él/ella/ello usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ellos/ellas ustedes |
| indicative | present | -ezco | -eces$^{tú}$ -ecés$^{vos}$ | -ece | -ecemos | -ecéis | -ecen |
| indicative | imperfect | -ecía | -ecías | -ecía | -ecíamos | -ecíais | -ecían |
| indicative | preterite | -ecí | -eciste | -eció | -ecimos | -ecisteis | -ecieron |
| indicative | future | -eceré | -ecerás | -ecerá | -eceremos | -eceréis | -ecerán |
| indicative | conditional | -ecería | -ecerías | -ecería | -eceríamos | -eceríais | -ecerían |
| subjunctive | | yo | tú vos | él/ella/ello usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ellos/ellas ustedes |
| subjunctive | present | -ezca | -ezcas$^{tú}$ -ezcás$^{vos2}$ | -ezca | -ezcamos | -ezcáis | -ezcan |
| subjunctive | imperfect (ra) | -eciera | -ecieras | -eciera | -eciéramos | -ecierais | -ecieran |
| subjunctive | imperfect (se) | -eciese | -ecieses | -eciese | -eciésemos | -ecieseis | -eciesen |
| subjunctive | future$^1$ | -eciere | -ecieres | -eciere | -eciéremos | -eciereis | -ecieren |
| imperative | | — | tú vos | usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ustedes |
| imperative | affirmative | | -ece$^{tú}$ -ecé$^{vos}$ | -ezca | -ezcamos | -eced | -ezcan |
| imperative | negative | | no -ezcas | no -ezca | no -ezcamos | no -ezcáis | no -ezcan |
$^1$Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language. $^2$Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.

#### Derived terms
### Further reading

* “-ecer”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014