perecer

Derived from Old Galician-Portuguese perir, from Latin perīre.

perecer (first-person singular present pereço, first-person singular preterite pereci, past participle perecido)

1. to perish, die

Inherited from Old Spanish peresçer, derived from perir, from Latin perīre.

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /peɾeˈθeɾ/
• IPA^(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /peɾeˈseɾ/
• Rhymes: -eɾ
• Syllabification: pe‧re‧cer

perecer (first-person singular present perezco, first-person singular preterite perecí, past participle perecido)

1. (intransitive) to die, to perish (cease to live)

   Synonym: morir

2. to long for

   Synonym: anhelar

• Joan Coromines, José A Pascual (1985) “perecer”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico [Critic Castilian and Hispanic Etymological Dictionary] (in Spanish), volume IV (Me–Re), Madrid: Gredos, →ISBN, page 488

• “perecer”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10