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-ecer

Spanish, suffix/eˈθeɾ/

-ecer is spelled E-C-E-R (4 letters). -ecer is a Spanish suffix meaning “-esce” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Forma verbos a partir de adjetivos y sustantivos con el sentido de "proceso de llegar al estado" indicado por…”.

What does -ecer mean in English?

suffix

  1. 1

    -esce

Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How Spanish dictionaries define it

suffix: 1. Forma verbos a partir de adjetivos y sustantivos con el sentido de "proceso de llegar al estado" indicado por la base.

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 -ecer

  • c-zc alternation

Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce -ecer?

  • /eˈθeɾ/
  • [eˈθeɾ]
  • /eˈseɾ/

Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

English words that translate to -ecer

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

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