Polyglot Dictionary

acontecer

/akõteˈseɾ/

verb A2

o (masc.) a (fem.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

V Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Core Domain General Tone Neutral

Forms

present (eu)
aconteço
preterite (eu)
aconteci
past participle
acontecido

Meaning

  1. to happen

    • O que aconteceu?

      What happened?

V Category Occurrence Concreteness Concrete Agency Involuntary Duration Durative Transitivity Intransitive

Similar words

Similar in other languages

German

geschehen

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

German

passieren

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

Spanish

acontecer

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

Spanish

suceder

suceder is the Spanish word for the same thing — both mean "to happen."

Practice

1 What does acontecer mean?

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