esquecer

Galician

Alternative forms

• esquencer

Etymology

From Old Galician and Old Galician-Portuguese escaecer (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Vulgar Latin *excadescere, from *excadēre (“fall away”), from Latin ex- + cadere, present active infinitive of cadō.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /eskɛˈθeɾ/, (western) /eskɛˈseɾ/

Verb

1. to forget

Related terms

• caer

References

• Template:R:DDGM
• Template:R:DDLG
• Template:R:TILG
• “esquecer” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

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Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese escaecer, from Vulgar Latin *excadescō, from *excadeō (“fall away”), from Latin ex- + cadō. Compare Galician esquecer (“to forget”), Asturian escaecer (“to forget”), French échoir (“to befall, happen”), Italian scadere (“to decline, expire”), Romanian scădea (“to decrease, decline”), Spanish escaecer (“to weaken”), Sardinian iscaèssere, iscarèsciri, iscarèssere, iscadèssere.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /iʃ.kɛ.ˈseɾ/
• IPA^(key): /es.ke.ˈseɾ/, /is.ke.ˈse(ʁ)/, /iʃ.ke.ˈse(ʁ)/
• Hyphenation: es‧que‧cer

Verb

1. to forget

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:esquecer.

Synonyms

• olvidar, deslembrar

Antonyms

• lembrar, recordar

Related terms

• cair