sucesor

Galician

Alternative forms

• sucessor (reintegrationist)
• socesor (dated)

Etymology

Attested since the 13th century. Learned borrowing from Latin successor.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [suθeˈsoɾ]

Noun

sucesor m (plural sucesores, feminine sucesora, feminine plural sucesoras)

1. successor

   Antonym: antecesor

   • 1370, R. Lorenzo, editor, Crónica troiana, A Coruña: Fundación Barrié, page 653:

     daquel día endeant derõ a el cada ãno, et a todos seus suçesores, tres donzelas fremosas et de grã prez

     from that day on they gave him each year, and to all of his successors, three beauty damsels of great worth

Related terms

• suceder

References

• Seoane, Ernesto Xosé González; Granja, María Álvarez de la; Agrelo, Ana Isabel Boullón (2006–2022), “soçesor”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval [Dictionary of dictionaries of Medieval Galician] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Barreiro, Xavier Varela; Guinovart, Xavier Gómez (2006–2018), “sucesor”, in Corpus Xelmírez: corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval [Corpus Xelmírez: linguistic corpus of Medieval Galicia] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “sucesor”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “sucesor”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin successor.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /suθeˈsoɾ/ [su.θeˈsoɾ] (Equatorial Guinea, Spain)
• IPA^(key): /suseˈsoɾ/ [su.seˈsoɾ] (Latin America, Philippines)
• Rhymes: -oɾ
• Syllabification: su‧ce‧sor

Adjective

sucesor (feminine sucesora, masculine plural sucesores, feminine plural sucesoras)

1. succeeding

Noun

sucesor m (plural sucesores, feminine sucesora, feminine plural sucesoras)

1. successor

Related terms

• suceder

Further reading

• “sucesor”, 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