Polyglot Dictionary

acontecer

/akonteˈseɾ/

verb C1

el (masc.) la (fem.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

V Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Academic Domain General Tone Neutral

Forms

present (yo)
acontezco
preterite (yo)
acontecí
past participle
acontecido

Meaning

  1. to happen

    • Todo aconteció rápido.

      It all happened fast.

V Category Occurrence Concreteness Concrete Agency Involuntary Duration Durative Transitivity Intransitive

Similar words

suceder

suceder is the everyday, very common word for "to happen"; acontecer is more literary or formal, less commonly used in speech.

Similar in other languages

German

passieren

passieren is the German word for the same thing — both mean "to happen."

Portuguese

acontecer

acontecer is the Portuguese word for the same thing — both mean "to happen."

Practice

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