pacer

See also: Pacer and pācer

English

Pronunciation

• Audio (General Australian):

  (file)

Etymology 1

From pace +‎ -er.

Noun

pacer (plural pacers)

1. One who paces.
2. In harness racing, a horse with a gait in which the front and back legs on one side take a step together alternating with the legs on the other side; as opposed to a trotter.
3. A pacemaker (one who sets the pace in a race).
4. A timer in an electric toothbrush that indicates how long the user should spend brushing in each part of the mouth.

Derived terms

• medium pacer
• Narragansett pacer

Etymology 2

From the brand name Pacer.

Noun

pacer (plural pacers)

1. (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

Galician

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese [Term?] (compare Portuguese pascer), from Latin pāscere (compare Spanish pacer).

Verb

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

1. to graze, to pasture

Conjugation

    Conjugation of pacer (c-z alternation)

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (ti)	Third-person (el / ela / Vde.)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / Vdes.)
Infinitive
Impersonal	pacer
Personal	pacer	paceres	pacer	pacermos	pacerdes	paceren
Gerund
	pacendo
Past participle
Masculine	pacido			pacidos
Feminine	pacida			pacidas
Indicative
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
Present	paza	pazas	paza	pazamos	pazades	pazan
Imperfect	pacese	paceses	pacese	pacésemos	pacésedes	pacesen
Future	pacer	paceres	pacer	pacermos	pacerdes	paceren
Imperative
Affirmative		pace	paza	pazamos	pacede	pazan
Negative (non)		non pazas	non paza	non pazamos	non pazades	non pazan

Related terms

• pasto
• pastor
• pastura

Latin

Verb

pācer

1. first-person singular present passive subjunctive of pācō

Spanish

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *peh₂-

Proto-Indo-European *péh₂sti

Proto-Italic *pāskō

Latin pāscō

Old Spanish pascer

Spanish pacer

Inherited from Old Spanish pascer, from Latin pāscere.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /paˈθeɾ/ [paˈθeɾ] (Spain)
• IPA^(key): /paˈseɾ/ [paˈseɾ] (Latin America, Philippines)
• Rhymes: -eɾ
• Syllabification: pa‧cer

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

    Conjugation of pacer (c-zc alternation) (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

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	pazcastú pazcásvos2	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

¹Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
²Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.

    Selected combined forms of pacer (c-zc alternation)

These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.

		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
with infinitive pacer	dative	pacerme	pacerte	pacerle, pacerse	pacernos	paceros	pacerles, pacerse
	accusative	pacerme	pacerte	pacerlo, pacerla, pacerse	pacernos	paceros	pacerlos, pacerlas, pacerse
with gerund paciendo	dative	paciéndome	paciéndote	paciéndole, paciéndose	paciéndonos	paciéndoos	paciéndoles, paciéndose
	accusative	paciéndome	paciéndote	paciéndolo, paciéndola, paciéndose	paciéndonos	paciéndoos	paciéndolos, paciéndolas, paciéndose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative pace	dative	páceme	pácete	pácele	pácenos	not used	páceles
	accusative	páceme	pácete	pácelo, pácela	pácenos	not used	pácelos, pácelas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative pacé	dative	paceme	pacete	pacele	pacenos	not used	paceles
	accusative	paceme	pacete	pacelo, pacela	pacenos	not used	pacelos, pacelas
with formal second-person singular imperative pazca	dative	pázcame	not used	pázcale, pázcase	pázcanos	not used	pázcales
	accusative	pázcame	not used	pázcalo, pázcala, pázcase	pázcanos	not used	pázcalos, pázcalas
with first-person plural imperative pazcamos	dative	not used	pazcámoste	pazcámosle	pazcámonos	pazcámoos	pazcámosles
	accusative	not used	pazcámoste	pazcámoslo, pazcámosla	pazcámonos	pazcámoos	pazcámoslos, pazcámoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative paced	dative	pacedme	not used	pacedle	pacednos	paceos	pacedles
	accusative	pacedme	not used	pacedlo, pacedla	pacednos	paceos	pacedlos, pacedlas
with formal second-person plural imperative pazcan	dative	pázcanme	not used	pázcanle	pázcannos	not used	pázcanles, pázcanse
	accusative	pázcanme	not used	pázcanlo, pázcanla	pázcannos	not used	pázcanlos, pázcanlas, pázcanse

Related terms

• pasto
• pastor
• pastura

Further reading

• “pacer”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024