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vencer.

to win

6 characters2 syllables approx.Português language

Meaning & usage

verb/vẽˈse(ʁ)/Brazil[vẽˈse(h)]Brazil/vẽˈse(ɾ)/São-Paulo/vẽˈse(ʁ)/Rio-de-Janeiro

  1. to win

    ambitransitive
    Precisamos vencer a competição.
    Vencer não é importante.

  2. to defeat, overcome

    transitive
    vencer o inimigo
    vencer medos

  3. to expire

    intransitive
    O leite vence daqui a dois dias.

  4. to be due

    intransitive
    A nossa dívida vence amanhã.
Where this word comes from

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”).

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