pacer

See also: Pacer and pācer

English

Etymology

pace +‎ -er

Noun

pacer (plural pacers)

1. One who paces.
2. A breed of horse used in harness races.
3. Short for pacemaker.
4. (Australia) A mechanical pencil.

References

• Dictionary.com. Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1). Random House, Inc. http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/pacer (accessed: April 07, 2007).

Anagrams

• caper, crape, recap

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Galician

Etymology

From Latin pāscere, present active infinitive of pāscō.

Verb

pacer (first-person singular present pazo, first-person singular preterite pacín, past participle pacido)

1. to graze, to pasture
2. first-person and third-person singular future subjunctive of pacer
3. first-person and third-person singular personal infinitive of pacer

Conjugation

    Conjugation of pacer

infinitive			pacer
gerund			pacendo
past participle				singular		plural
		masculine		pacido		pacidos
		feminine		pacida		pacidas
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		eu	ti	el / ela / Vde	nós	vós	eles / elas / Vdes
	present	pazo	paces	pace	pacemos	pacedes	pacen
	imperfect	pacía	pacías	pacía	paciamos	paciades	pacían
	preterite	pacín	paciches	paceu	pacemos	pacestes	paceron
	pluperfect	pacera	paceras	pacera	paceramos	pacerades	paceran
	future	pacerei	pacerás	pacerá	paceremos	paceredes	pacerán
	conditional	pacería	pacerías	pacería	paceriamos	paceriades	pacerían
subjunctive		eu	ti	el / ela / Vde	nós	vós	eles / elas / Vdes
	present	paza	pazas	paza	pazamos	pazades	pazan
	preterite	pacese	paceses	pacese	pacésemos	pacésedes	pacesen
	future	pacer	paceres	pacer	pacermos	pacerdes	paceren
imperative		—	ti	Vde	nós	vós	Vdes
	affirmative	—	pace	paza	pazamos	pacede	pazan
	negative	—	pazas	paza	pazamos	pazades	pazan
personal infinitive		eu	ti	el / ela / Vde	nós	vós	eles / elas / Vdes
		pacer	paceres	pacer	pacermos	pacerdes	paceren

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Latin

Verb

pācer

1. first-person singular present passive subjunctive of pācō

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Spanish

Etymology

From Latin pāscere, present active infinitive of pāscō, from Proto-Italic *pāskō, from Proto-Indo-European *peh₂- (“to protect”).

Verb

pacer (first-person singular present pazco, first-person singular preterite pací, past participle pacido)

1. to graze, to pasture
2. to put out to pasture
3. to eat away, to nibble, to gnaw

Conjugation

• Rule: c becomes a zc before a or o.

    Conjugation of pacer (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)^{edit data}

infinitive			pacer
gerund			paciendo
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		pacido		pacida
		plural		pacidos		pacidas
		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
indicative		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	pazco	pacestú pacésvos	pace	pacemos	pacéis	pacen
	imperfect	pacía	pacías	pacía	pacíamos	pacíais	pacían
	preterite	pací	paciste	pació	pacimos	pacisteis	pacieron
	future	paceré	pacerás	pacerá	paceremos	paceréis	pacerán
	conditional	pacería	pacerías	pacería	paceríamos	paceríais	pacerían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	pazca	pazcas	pazca	pazcamos	pazcáis	pazcan
	imperfect (ra)	paciera	pacieras	paciera	paciéramos	pacierais	pacieran
	imperfect (se)	paciese	pacieses	paciese	paciésemos	pacieseis	paciesen
	future1	paciere	pacieres	paciere	paciéremos	paciereis	pacieren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		pacetú pacévos	pazca	pazcamos	paced	pazcan
	negative		no pazcas	no pazca	no pazcamos	no pazcáis	no pazcan

• ¹ Mostly obsolete form, still used in legal jargon and set phrases.

Other verbs with this conjugation:

► Spanish verbs ending in -er (conjugation c-zc)