Polyglot Dictionary

fenecer

/feneˈseɾ/

verb C1

o (masc.) a (fem.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

V Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Academic Domain General Tone Neutral

Forms

present (eu)
feneço
preterite (eu)
feneci
past participle
fenecido

Meaning

  1. to perish

    • A flor feneceu.

      The flower withered.

V Category Action Concreteness Concrete Agency Voluntary Duration Durative Transitivity Transitive

Similar words

perecer

fenecer and perecer are close synonyms for "to perish," both literary, largely interchangeable.

Similar in other languages

Spanish

perecer

perecer is the Spanish word for the same thing — both mean "to perish."

Practice

1 What does fenecer mean?

2 Which fingerprint chart matches fenecer?

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