nacer
See also: ñacer and naçer
Asturian
Alternative forms
- ñacer
Etymology
From Vulgar Latin *nascĕre, from Latin nāscor, nāscī.
Verb
nacer
- to be born
See also
- parir
Galician
nace o sol
Etymology
From Old Galician and Old Portuguese nacer, nascer, from Vulgar Latin *nascĕre, from Latin nāscor, nāscī.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [naˈθeɾ], (western) [naˈseɾ]
Verb
nacer (first-person singular present nazo, first-person singular preterite nacín, past participle nacido)
- to be born
- to surge, spring out
- (of the sun or of the day) to rise (the sun)
- first/third-person singular future subjunctive of nacer
- first/third-person singular personal infinitive of nacer
Conjugation
- Note: nac- are changed to naz- before back vowels (a, o).
Conjugation of nacer
| singular | plural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| person | first | second | third | first | second | third |
| Infinitive | eu | ti | el/ela/Vde. | nós | vós | eles/elas/Vdes. |
| impersonal | nacer | |||||
| personal | nacer | naceres | nacer | nacermos | nacerdes | naceren |
| Gerund | ||||||
| nacendo | ||||||
| Past participle | singular | plural | ||||
| masculine | nacido | nacidos | ||||
| feminine | nacida | nacidas | ||||
| Indicative | eu | ti | el/ela/Vde. | nós | vós | eles/elas/Vdes. |
| present | nazo | naces | nace | nacemos | nacedes | nacen |
| imperfect | nacía | nacías | nacía | naciamos | naciades | nacían |
| preterite | nacín | naciches | naceu | nacemos | nacestes | naceron |
| pluperfect | nacera | naceras | nacera | naceramos | nacerades | naceran |
| future | nacerei | nacerás | nacerá | naceremos | naceredes | nacerán |
| conditional | nacería | nacerías | nacería | naceriamos | naceriades | nacerían |
| Subjunctive | eu | ti | el/ela/Vde. | nós | vós | eles/elas/Vdes. |
| present | naza | nazas | naza | nazamos | nazades | nazan |
| preterite | nacese | naceses | nacese | nacésemos | nacésedes | nacesen |
| future | nacer | naceres | nacer | nacermos | nacerdes | naceren |
| Imperative | – | ti | el/ela/Vde. | nós | vós | eles/elas/Vdes. |
| affirmative | – | nace | naza | nazamos | nacede | nazan |
| negative | – | nazas | naza | nazamos | nazades | nazan |
See also
- parir
References
- “nacer” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
- “nacer” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
- “nacer” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
- “nacer” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
- “nacer” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
Old Portuguese
Alternative forms
- naçer, nascer
Etymology
From Vulgar Latin *nascĕre, from Latin nāscor, nāscī, from earlier gnāscor, from Proto-Italic *gnāskōr, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵenh₁-.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /naˈt͡seɾ/
Verb
nacer
- to be born
- 13th century CE, Alfonso X of Castile, Cantigas de Santa Maria, E codex, cantiga 248 (facsimile):
- a uirgen de que de(us) q(ui)so naçer dia de Natal.
- The Virgin from whom God chose to be born on Christmas day.
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Descendants
- Galician: nacer
- Portuguese: nascer (see there for further descendants)
Spanish
Etymology
From Old Spanish, from Vulgar Latin *nascĕre[1], from Latin nāscor, nāscī, from earlier gnāscor, from Proto-Italic *gnāskōr, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵenh₁-.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (Spain) /naˈθeɾ/ [naˈθeɾ]
- IPA(key): (Latin America) /naˈseɾ/ [naˈseɾ]
Audio (Colombia) (file) - Rhymes: -eɾ
- Syllabification: na‧cer
Verb
nacer (first-person singular present nazco, first-person singular preterite nací, past participle nacido)
- to be born, to sprout, to begin to grow; to hatch (out)
- to grow; to rise, to have its source (river); to rise (sun); to have its roots; to arise
Conjugation
Conjugation of nacer (c-zc alternation) (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
| infinitive | nacer | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| gerund | naciendo | ||||||
| past participle | masculine | feminine | |||||
| singular | nacido | nacida | |||||
| plural | nacidos | nacidas | |||||
| 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 | nazco | nacestú nacésvos | nace | nacemos | nacéis | nacen | |
| imperfect | nacía | nacías | nacía | nacíamos | nacíais | nacían | |
| preterite | nací | naciste | nació | nacimos | nacisteis | nacieron | |
| future | naceré | nacerás | nacerá | naceremos | naceréis | nacerán | |
| conditional | nacería | nacerías | nacería | naceríamos | naceríais | nacerían | |
| subjunctive | yo | tú vos | él/ella/ello usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ellos/ellas ustedes | |
| present | nazca | nazcastú nazcásvos2 | nazca | nazcamos | nazcáis | nazcan | |
| imperfect (ra) | naciera | nacieras | naciera | naciéramos | nacierais | nacieran | |
| imperfect (se) | naciese | nacieses | naciese | naciésemos | nacieseis | naciesen | |
| future1 | naciere | nacieres | naciere | naciéremos | naciereis | nacieren | |
| imperative | — | tú vos | usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ustedes | |
| affirmative | nacetú nacévos | nazca | nazcamos | naced | nazcan | ||
| negative | no nazcas | no nazca | no nazcamos | no nazcáis | no nazcan | ||
1Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
2Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.
Selected combined forms of nacer (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 nacer | |||||||
| dative | nacerme | nacerte | nacerle, nacerse | nacernos | naceros | nacerles, nacerse | |
| accusative | nacerme | nacerte | nacerlo, nacerla, nacerse | nacernos | naceros | nacerlos, nacerlas, nacerse | |
| with gerund naciendo | |||||||
| dative | naciéndome | naciéndote | naciéndole, naciéndose | naciéndonos | naciéndoos | naciéndoles, naciéndose | |
| accusative | naciéndome | naciéndote | naciéndolo, naciéndola, naciéndose | naciéndonos | naciéndoos | naciéndolos, naciéndolas, naciéndose | |
| with informal second-person singular tú imperative nace | |||||||
| dative | náceme | nácete | nácele | nácenos | not used | náceles | |
| accusative | náceme | nácete | nácelo, nácela | nácenos | not used | nácelos, nácelas | |
| with informal second-person singular vos imperative nacé | |||||||
| dative | naceme | nacete | nacele | nacenos | not used | naceles | |
| accusative | naceme | nacete | nacelo, nacela | nacenos | not used | nacelos, nacelas | |
| with formal second-person singular imperative nazca | |||||||
| dative | názcame | not used | názcale, názcase | názcanos | not used | názcales | |
| accusative | názcame | not used | názcalo, názcala, názcase | názcanos | not used | názcalos, názcalas | |
| with first-person plural imperative nazcamos | |||||||
| dative | not used | nazcámoste | nazcámosle | nazcámonos | nazcámoos | nazcámosles | |
| accusative | not used | nazcámoste | nazcámoslo, nazcámosla | nazcámonos | nazcámoos | nazcámoslos, nazcámoslas | |
| with informal second-person plural imperative naced | |||||||
| dative | nacedme | not used | nacedle | nacednos | naceos | nacedles | |
| accusative | nacedme | not used | nacedlo, nacedla | nacednos | naceos | nacedlos, nacedlas | |
| with formal second-person plural imperative nazcan | |||||||
| dative | názcanme | not used | názcanle | názcannos | not used | názcanles, názcanse | |
| accusative | názcanme | not used | názcanlo, názcanla | názcannos | not used | názcanlos, názcanlas, názcanse | |
Derived terms
- nacedero
- nacer con estrella
- no nací ayer
Related terms
- antenatal
- cognado
- innato
- mortinato
- naciente
- nacimiento
- nación
- naíf
- natal
- natalicio
- natalidad
- nativo
- nato
- natura
- natural
- naturaleza
- navidad
- neonatal
- neonato
- neonatología
- nonato
- postnatal
- prenatal
- preternatural
- renacimiento
See also
- dar a luz
- parir
References
- “nacer”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
Further reading
- “nacer”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
Anagrams
- cenar, crean