# suceder
## Galician
### Etymology

From Latin succēdere.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /suθeˈdeɾ/ [s̺u.θeˈð̞eɾ]
* IPA: (standard) /suθeˈdeɾ/ [s̺u.θeˈð̞eɾ]
* IPA: (seseo) /suseˈdeɾ/ [su.seˈð̞eɾ]
* Rhymes: -eɾ
* Hyphenation: su‧ce‧der

### Verb

suceder (first-person singular present sucedo, first-person singular preterite sucedín, past participle sucedido) suceder (first-person singular present sucedo, first-person singular preterite sucedim or sucedi, past participle sucedido, reintegrationist norm)
* to happen
* to follow, to succeed

#### Conjugation

$^1$Less recommended.

#### Related terms

* suceso

#### Further reading

* “suceder”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2025
* “suceder” in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (2014).

## Portuguese
### Alternative forms

* succeder (pre-standardization spelling)
* soceder, socceder (obsolete)

### Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin succēdere.

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /su.seˈde(ʁ)/ [su.seˈde(h)]
* (Brazil) IPA: /su.seˈde(ʁ)/ [su.seˈde(h)]
** (São Paulo) IPA: /su.seˈde(ɾ)/
** (Rio de Janeiro) IPA: /su.seˈde(ʁ)/ [su.seˈde(χ)]
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /su.seˈde(ɻ)/
* (Portugal) IPA: /su.sɨˈdeɾ/ [su.sɨˈðeɾ]
* (Portugal) IPA: /su.sɨˈdeɾ/ [su.sɨˈðeɾ]
** (Southern Portugal) IPA: /su.sɨˈde.ɾi/ [su.sɨˈðe.ɾi]
* Hyphenation: su‧ce‧der

### Verb

suceder (first-person singular present sucedo, first-person singular preterite sucedi, past participle sucedido)
* to happen
** 1880, Maria Amalia Vaz de Carvalho, “O Romance de Adelina [Adelina’s romance]”, in Contos e phantasias [Short stories and fantasies]‎, 2nd edition, Lisbon: Parceria Antonio Maria Pereira, published 1905, page 134:Mas como foi que tudo isto succedeu? pergun­tas tu cheia de pasmo.But how was it that all of this happened? you ask agasp.
* to succeed to, to follow

#### Related terms

* sucessivo
* sucessor

#### Further reading

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

## Spanish
### Etymology

From Latin succēdere. The meaning of "to be successful" was lost from this verb and given to the verb conseguir and the verb phrase "tener éxito".

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Spain) /suθeˈdeɾ/ [su.θeˈð̞eɾ]
* IPA: (Latin America, Philippines) /suseˈdeɾ/ [su.seˈð̞eɾ]
* Rhymes: -eɾ
* Syllabification: su‧ce‧der

### Verb

suceder (first-person singular present sucedo, first-person singular preterite sucedí, past participle sucedido)
* to happen, to befall, to occur
    Synonyms: ocurrir, pasar
    ¿Qué sucede? ― What’s the matter?
    Suceda lo que suceda ― Come what may.
** c. 1935, Pablo Neruda, Walking Around:Sucede que me canso de mis pies y mis uñas / y mi pelo y mi sombra. / Sucede que me canso de ser hombre.It happens that I'm tired of my feet and nails / and my hair and my shadow. / It happens that I'm tired of being a man.
* to succeed to, to follow

#### Conjugation

$^1$Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language. $^2$Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.
These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.

#### Related terms

* suceso

#### Further reading

* “suceder”, 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