suceder
Spanish, verb/suθeˈdeɾ/
suceder is spelled S-U-C-E-D-E-R (7 letters) and appears 15 times per million words in written Spanish, the 5,184th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Suceder is a Spanish verb meaning “to happen, to befall, to occur” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Entrar en lugar de otra persona en un cargo o situación”.
What does suceder mean in English?
verb
- 1
to happen, to befall, to occur
¿Qué sucede?
- 2
to succeed to, to follow
- 3
USto succeed, to triumph
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Entrar en lugar de otra persona en un cargo o situación. 2. Entrar como heredero a poseer los bienes de un difunto. 3. Descender, proceder, provenir. 4. Dicho de un hecho: ir tras otro, en orden.
verb: 1. De un hecho: ocurrir.
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 suceder
- sucedo first-person present singular
- sucedí first-person preterite singular
- sucedido participle past
- sucediendo gerund
- sucedida feminine participle past
- sucedidos masculine participle past
- sucedidas feminine participle past
- sucedes indicative informal present
- sucedés indicative informal present
- sucede indicative present singular
- sucedemos first-person indicative plural
- sucedéis indicative plural present
- suceden indicative plural present
- sucedía first-person imperfect indicative
- sucedías imperfect indicative second-person
- sucedíamos first-person imperfect indicative
- sucedíais imperfect indicative plural
- sucedían imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce suceder?
- /suθeˈdeɾ/
- [su.θeˈð̞eɾ]
- /suseˈdeɾ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to suceder
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is suceder in Spanish?
suceder appears 15 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).