fenecer

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Portuguese

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Etymology

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Presumably from Spanish fenecer, itself from Latin finiō, finīre.

Pronunciation

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  • Hyphenation: fe‧ne‧cer

Verb

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fenecer (first-person singular present feneço, first-person singular preterite feneci, past participle fenecido)

  1. to finish, end, conclude
    • 1938, Vinicius de Moraes, Soneto do Maior Amor:
      Louco amor meu, que quando toca, fere
      E quando fere vibra, mas prefere
      Ferir a fenecer — e vive a esmo
      Crazy love of mine, that when it touches, it hurts
      And when it hurts, it vibrates, but it prefers
      Hurting to ending — and it lives haphazardly

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Spanish

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Etymology

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Inherited from Old Spanish fenir (restructured per various conjugations), from Latin fīnīre. Doublet of finir.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): (Spain) /feneˈθeɾ/ [fe.neˈθeɾ]
  • IPA(key): (Latin America) /feneˈseɾ/ [fe.neˈseɾ]
  • Rhymes: -eɾ
  • Syllabification: fe‧ne‧cer

Verb

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fenecer (first-person singular present fenezco, first-person singular preterite fenecí, past participle fenecido)

  1. (transitive, rare) to end, finish, conclude
  2. (intransitive, archaic) to end, conclude
  3. (intransitive, archaic) to die, perish

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