pertenecer
Spanish
Alternative forms
Etymology
Inherited from LatinCategory:Spanish terms inherited from Latin#PERTENECERCategory:Spanish terms derived from Latin#PERTENECER pertinēre (from whence a rare older Spanish pertener), with the suffix -ecer, or possibly through a Vulgar LatinCategory:Spanish terms inherited from Vulgar Latin#PERTENECERCategory:Spanish terms derived from Vulgar Latin#PERTENECER form *pertinēscēre. Compare Portuguese pertencer.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /peɾteneˈθeɾ/ [peɾ.t̪e.neˈθeɾ] (Equatorial Guinea, Spain)Category:Spanish 4-syllable words#PERTENECERCategory:Spanish terms with IPA pronunciation#PERTENECER
- IPA(key): /peɾteneˈseɾ/ [peɾ.t̪e.neˈseɾ] (Latin America, Philippines)Category:Spanish 4-syllable words#PERTENECERCategory:Spanish terms with IPA pronunciation#PERTENECER
Category:Spanish terms with audio pronunciation#PERTENECERAudio (Colombia): (file) - Rhymes: -eɾCategory:Rhymes:Spanish/eɾ#PERTENECERCategory:Rhymes:Spanish/eɾ/4 syllables#PERTENECER
- Syllabification: per‧te‧ne‧cer
Verb
pertenecer (first-person singular present pertenezco, first-person singular preterite pertenecí, past participle pertenecido)Category:Spanish lemmas#PERTENECERCategory:Spanish verbs#PERTENECERCategory:Spanish verbs ending in -er#PERTENECERCategory:Spanish verbs with c-zc alternation#PERTENECERCategory:Spanish entries with incorrect language header#PERTENECERCategory:Pages with entries#PERTENECERCategory:Pages with 1 entry#PERTENECER
Conjugation
These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.
Related terms
Further reading
- “pertenecer”, 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