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suceder

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Galician

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Etymology

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From Latin succēdere.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): (standard) /suθeˈdeɾ/ [s̺u.θeˈð̞eɾ]
  • IPA(key): (seseo) /suseˈdeɾ/ [su.seˈð̞eɾ]

  • Rhymes: -eɾ
  • Hyphenation: su‧ce‧der

Verb

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suceder (first-person singular present sucedo, first-person singular preterite sucedín, past participle sucedido)
suceder (first-person singular present sucedo, first-person singular preterite sucedim or sucedi, past participle sucedido, reintegrationist norm)

  1. to happen
  2. to follow, to succeed

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Further reading

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Portuguese

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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    Learned borrowing from Latin succēdere.

    Pronunciation

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    • (Portugal) IPA(key): /su.sɨˈdeɾ/ [su.sɨˈðeɾ]
      • (Southern Portugal) IPA(key): /su.sɨˈde.ɾi/ [su.sɨˈðe.ɾi]

    • Hyphenation: su‧ce‧der

    Verb

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    suceder (first-person singular present sucedo, first-person singular preterite sucedi, past participle sucedido)

    1. to happen
      • 1880, Maria Amalia Vaz de Carvalho, “O Romance de Adelina [Adelina’s romance]”, in Contos e phantasias [Short stories and fantasies]‎[1], 2nd edition, Lisbon: Parceria Antonio Maria Pereira, published 1905, page 134:
        Mas como foi que tudo isto succedeu? pergun­tas tu cheia de pasmo.
        But how was it that all of this happened? you ask agasp.
    2. to succeed to, to follow

    Conjugation

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    Further reading

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    Spanish

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    Etymology

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    From Latin succēdere. The meaning of "to be successful" was lost from this verb and given to the verb conseguir and the verb phrase "tener éxito".

    Pronunciation

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    Verb

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    suceder (first-person singular present sucedo, first-person singular preterite sucedí, past participle sucedido)

    1. (impersonal) to happen, to befall, to occur
      Synonyms: ocurrir, pasar
      ¿Qué sucede?What’s the matter?
      Suceda lo que sucedaCome what may.
      en caso de sucederif it should happen
      • c. 1935, Pablo Neruda, Walking Around:
        Sucede que me canso de mis pies y mis uñas / y mi pelo y mi sombra. / Sucede que me canso de ser hombre.
        It happens that I'm tired of my feet and nails / and my hair and my shadow. / It happens that I'm tired of being a man.
      • 2004, Laura Pausini, “Escucha Atento”, in Escucha[2], performed by Laura Pausini:
        Hoy volví a pensar en ti
        Hace siglos que
        no te llamo ni tú a mí …
        Suele suceder
        []
        Escucha atento: no vas a tener
        alternativa a mí
        lo sé; lo sé
        alternativa a mí
        lo sé
        Hoy volví a pensar en ti
        Suele suceder
        Today I found myself thinking of you again
        It’s been ages since
        I called you, or you called me
        It usually happens
        []
        Listen closely—you won't have
        An alternative to me—I know it … I know it
        An alternative to me—I know it
        Today I found myself thinking of you again
        It usually happens
    2. to succeed to, to follow
    3. (US) to succeed, to triumph

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    Further reading

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    • suceder”, 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
    • Moreno Fernández, Francisco (2018), “suceder”, in Diccionario de anglicismos del español estadounidense[3] (overall work in Spanish), New York: Academia Norteamericana de la Lengua Española, →DOI, →ISBN[4]