vencer
- (ambitransitive) to win
- (transitive) to defeat, overcome
- (intransitive) to expire
- (intransitive) to be due
Opposite of
perder
Frequency
Pronounced as (IPA)
/vẽˈse(ʁ)/
Etymology
In summary
Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese vencer, from Latin vincere, from Proto-Italic *winkō, from Proto-Indo-European *wi-n-k-, nasal infix from *weyk- (“to overcome”).
Related words
get the best
overset
have the best
break the back
beat a person to it
bring to one’s knees
scomfit
be successful
zwyciężać
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