vencer

Meaning

  1. (intransitive, transitive) to defeat, to win, to conquer
  2. (intransitive) to beat
  3. (intransitive) to expire

Frequency

C1
Hyphenated as
ven‧cer
Pronounced as (IPA)
/benˈθeɾ/
Etymology

In summary

Inherited from Old Spanish vencer, from Latin vincĕre, from Proto-Italic *winkō, from Proto-Indo-European *wi-n-k-, nasal infix from *weyk- (“to overcome”).

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