pertencer
Meaning
- (intransitive) to belong (to be property (of); to be owned (by))
- (intransitive) to belong (to be a part (of))
- (intransitive) to belong (to be an element of a set)
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Pronounced as (IPA)
/peʁ.tẽˈse(ʁ)/
Etymology
In summary
From Old Galician-Portuguese pertẽecer, from Vulgar Latin *pertinēscēre, from Latin pertinēre, from per (“through”) + teneō (“to hold”). Compare Spanish pertenecer.
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