escaecer
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Asturian
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Inherited from Vulgar Latin *excadescere, derived ultimately from Latin cadere (“fall”). Compare Portuguese esquecer.
Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]escaecer (first-person singular indicative present escaezo, past participle escaecíu)
- to slip away, disappear
- Tenía equí unes ablanes y escaeciérenseme sin saber per ónde
- I had here some hazelnuts and they disappeared I don't know where
- 1879, Félix Aramburu y Zuloaga, Pachón y Pachín:
- Y, andando andando, escaezse
En un rincón onde pasa
Sin gorgutar hores muertes...- And walking, walking, he slips away
Into a corner where he spends
Dead hours without saying a word...
- And walking, walking, he slips away
- to forget
- Synonym: olvidar
Conjugation
[edit]Conjugation of escaecer
| infinitive | escaecer | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| gerundive | escaeciendo | ||||||
| participle | m escaecíu, f escaecida, n escaecío, m pl escaecíos, f pl escaecíes | ||||||
| person | first singular yo |
second singular tu |
third singular él/elli |
first plural nosotros/nós |
second plural vosotros/vós |
third plural ellos | |
| indicative | present | escaezo | escaeces | escaez | escaecemos | escaecéis | escaecen |
| imperfect | escaecía | escaecíes | escaecía | escaecíemos | escaecíeis | escaecíen | |
| preterite | escaecí | escaeciesti | escaeció | escaeciemos | escaeciestis | escaecieron | |
| pluperfect | escaeciere | escaecieres | escaeciere | escaeciéremos | escaeciereis | escaecieren | |
| future | escaeceré | escaecerás | escaecerá | escaeceremos | escaeceréis | escaecerán | |
| conditional | escaecería | escaeceríes | escaecería | escaeceríemos/escaeceríamos | escaeceríeis/escaeceríais | escaeceríen | |
| subjunctive | present | escaeza | escaezas | escaeza | escaezamos | escaezáis | escaezan |
| imperfect | escaeciere | escaecieres | escaeciere | escaeciéremos | escaeciereis | escaecieren | |
| imperative | escaez | escaecéi | |||||
Related terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- Xosé Lluis García Arias (2002–2004), “escaecer”, in Diccionario general de la lengua asturiana [General Dictionary of the Asturian Language] (in Spanish), Editorial Prensa Asturiana, →ISBN
- “escaecer”, in Diccionariu de la llingua asturiana [Dictionary of the Asturian Language] (in Asturian), 1ª edición, Academia de la Llingua Asturiana, 2000, →ISBN
Spanish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Perhaps from descaecer (“id.”) with a substitution of prefix.
Old Spanish had another escaecer which meant "to forget" and was cognate with the Asturian escaecer, as well as with the Portuguese esquecer, all meaning "to forget".
Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): /eskaeˈθeɾ/ [es.ka.eˈθeɾ] (Spain, Equatorial Guinea)
- IPA(key): /eskaeˈseɾ/ [es.ka.eˈseɾ] (Latin America, Philippines)
- Rhymes: -eɾ
- Syllabification: es‧ca‧e‧cer
Verb
[edit]escaecer (first-person singular present escaezco, first-person singular preterite escaecí, past participle escaecido)
Conjugation
[edit] Conjugation of escaecer (c-zc alternation) (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
Selected combined forms of escaecer (c-zc alternation)
These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.
Related terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “escaecer”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025
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