Polyglot Dictionary

vencer

/vẽˈseɾ/

verb B1

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)
venço
preterite (eu)
venci
past participle
vencido

Meaning

  1. to win, to overcome

    • Vencemos o jogo.

      We won the game.

V Category Action Concreteness Concrete Agency Voluntary Duration Punctual Transitivity Transitive

Similar words

superar

superar and vencer are close synonyms for "to overcome"; vencer also separately means "to win."

Similar in other languages

German

glücken

Close — to win, to overcome relates to succeeding.

German

gelingen

Close — to win, to overcome relates to succeeding, working out.

English

succeed

succeed is the English word for the same thing — both mean "to win, to succeed."

Practice

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