nacer

Alternative forms

• ñacer

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *nāscere, from Latin nāscī, present active infinitive of nāscor.

Verb

nacer

1. to be born

Etymology

From Old Portuguese nacer, from Vulgar Latin *nāscere, from Latin nāscī, present active infinitive of nāscor.

Verb

nacer (first-person singular present nazo, first-person singular preterite nacín, past participle nacido)

1. to be born
2. first-person and third-person singular future subjunctive of nacer
3. first-person and third-person singular personal infinitive of nacer

Alternative forms

• naçer
• nascer

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *nāscere, from Latin nāscī, present active infinitive of nāscor, from earlier gnāscor, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵenh₁-. Cognate with Old Spanish naçer and Old French naistre.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /naˈt͡seɾ/

Verb

nacer

1. to be born
   • 13th century, attributed to 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.

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *nāscere, from Latin nāscī, present active infinitive of nāscor, from earlier gnāscor, from Proto-Indo-European *genh₁-.

Pronunciation

• (Castilian) IPA^(key): /naˈθeɾ/
• (Latin America) IPA^(key): /naˈseɾ/

Verb

nacer (first-person singular present nazco, first-person singular preterite nací, past participle nacido)

1. to be born, to sprout, to begin to grow; to hatch (out)
2. to grow; to rise, to have its source (river); to rise (sun); to have its roots