surgir

Borrowed from Latin surgere (“to get up, arise”). Doublet of sourdre.

• IPA^(key): /syʁ.ʒiʁ/

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surgir

1. (intransitive) to emerge or appear; to crop up
2. (intransitive) to arise or stand up

This is a regular verb of the second conjugation, like finir, choisir, and most other verbs with infinitives ending in -ir. One salient feature of this conjugation is the repeated appearance of the infix -iss-.

• “surgir”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé , 2012.

From Latin surgere (“to get up, to arise”).

surgir (first-person singular present surjo, first-person singular preterite surgi, past participle surgido)

1. to arise, to emerge
2. to appear

   Synonyms: aparecer, exsurgir

From Latin surgere (“to get up, arise”). Cognate with English surge and source.

• IPA^(key): /suɾˈxiɾ/

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• Rhymes: -iɾ
• Syllabification: sur‧gir

surgir (first-person singular present surjo, first-person singular preterite surgí, past participle surgido)

1. (intransitive) to arise, emerge, surface, crop up, spring up, pop up
2. (intransitive) to appear

   Synonym: aparecer

3. (intransitive) to grow out of, to come from, arise from (followed by de)
4. to advance, ascent, rise (move up socially or professionally)

   Synonyms: trepar, escalar, subir

• “surgir”, 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