Polyglot Dictionary

perecer

/peɾeˈseɾ/

verb B2

o (masc.) a (fem.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

V Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Common Domain General Tone Neutral

Forms

present (eu)
pereço
preterite (eu)
pereci
past participle
perecido

Meaning

  1. to perish

    • Pereceram no naufrágio.

      They perished in the shipwreck.

V Category Action Concreteness Concrete Agency Voluntary Duration Durative Transitivity Transitive

Similar words

fenecer

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

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