acaecer
Spanish, verb/akaeˈθeɾ/
acaecer is spelled A-C-A-E-C-E-R (7 letters) and appears about once in every 16 million words in written Spanish, the 147,327th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Acaecer is a Spanish verb meaning “to happen” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Ocurrir, producirse un hecho, tener lugar un acontecimiento, suceder”.
What does acaecer mean in English?
verb
- 1
to happen
- 2
archaicto be present
- 3
to die
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Ocurrir, producirse un hecho, tener lugar un acontecimiento, suceder. 2. Estar en un sitio, presentarse en un lugar.
noun: 1. Acaecimiento, algo que sucede.
The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.
Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of acaecer
- acaece present singular third-person
- acaeció preterite singular third-person
- acaecido participle past
- c-zc alternation
- acaeciendo gerund
- acaecida feminine participle past
- acaecidos masculine participle past
- acaecidas feminine participle past
- acaecen indicative plural present
- acaecía imperfect indicative singular
- acaecían imperfect indicative plural
- acaecieron indicative plural preterite
- acaecerá future indicative singular
- acaecerán future indicative plural
- acaecería conditional indicative singular
- acaecerían conditional indicative plural
- acaezca present singular subjunctive
- acaezcan plural present subjunctive
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce acaecer?
- /akaeˈθeɾ/
- [a.ka.eˈθeɾ]
- /akaeˈseɾ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to acaecer
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is acaecer in Spanish?
acaecer appears about once in every 16 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).