nacer
Spanish, verb/naˈθeɾ/
nacer is spelled N-A-C-E-R (5 letters) and appears 14 times per million words in written Spanish, the 5,378th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Nacer is a Spanish verb meaning “to be born, to sprout, to begin to grow; to hatch (out)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Llegar al mundo un nuevo animal vivíparo, después de haber terminado su periodo de gestación”.
What does nacer mean in English?
verb
- 1
to be born, to sprout, to begin to grow; to hatch (out)
Yo nací en Guatemala
- 2
to grow; to rise, to have its source (river); to rise (sun); to have its roots; to arise
- 3
colloquialto feel a desire or an urge to do something without anyone asking you to
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Llegar al mundo un nuevo animal vivíparo, después de haber terminado su periodo de gestación. 2. Romper el cascarón y salir al exterior el animal ovíparo, después de haber terminado su desarrollo dentro del huevo. 3. Brotar una nueva planta o vegetal desde una semilla. 4. Tomar su origen una cosa de otra.
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 nacer
- nazco first-person present singular
- nací first-person preterite singular
- nacido participle past
- c-zc alternation
- naciendo gerund
- nacida feminine participle past
- nacidos masculine participle past
- nacidas feminine participle past
- naces indicative informal present
- nacés indicative informal present
- nace indicative present singular
- nacemos first-person indicative plural
- nacéis indicative plural present
- nacen indicative plural present
- nacía first-person imperfect indicative
- nacías imperfect indicative second-person
- nacíamos first-person imperfect indicative
- nacíais imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce nacer?
- /naˈθeɾ/
- [naˈθeɾ]
- /naˈseɾ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to nacer
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is nacer in Spanish?
nacer appears 14 times per million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).