# 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

#### Derived terms

* acontecemento

#### Further reading

* “acontecer”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2025

## Portuguese
### Etymology

Derived from Vulgar Latin *contigīre, from Latin contingere. Compare Spanish acontecer.

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /a.kõ.teˈse(ʁ)/ [a.kõ.teˈse(h)]
* (Brazil) IPA: /a.kõ.teˈse(ʁ)/ [a.kõ.teˈse(h)]
** (São Paulo) IPA: /a.kõ.teˈse(ɾ)/
** (Rio de Janeiro) IPA: /a.kõ.teˈse(ʁ)/ [a.kõ.teˈse(χ)]
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /a.kõ.teˈse(ɻ)/
* (Portugal) IPA: /ɐ.kõ.tɨˈseɾ/
* (Portugal) IPA: /ɐ.kõ.tɨˈseɾ/
** (Southern Portugal) IPA: /ɐ.kõ.tɨˈse.ɾi/
* (Northeast Brazil) IPA: /a.kõ.teˈse(h)/
** (without vowel harmony) IPA: /a.kõ.tɛˈse(h)/
* (Rural Central Brazil) IPA: /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

#### Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:acontecer.

#### Derived terms

* acontecimento
* acontece que

#### Further reading

* “acontecer” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913

## 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: (Spain) /akonteˈθeɾ/ [a.kõn̪.t̪eˈθeɾ]
* IPA: (Latin America, Philippines) /akonteˈseɾ/ [a.kõn̪.t̪eˈseɾ]
* Audio (Venezuela):(file)
* 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

$^1$Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.

#### Derived terms

* acontecido
* acontecimiento

### Noun

acontecer m (plural aconteceres)
* (usually in the plural) happening; goings-on

### References

* Joan Coromines, José A[ntonio] Pascual (1984) “acontecer”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico [Critic Castilian and Hispanic Etymological Dictionary] (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, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10