Asturian

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Etymology

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From Latin peccāre.

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  • IPA(key): /peˈkaɾ/ [peˈkaɾ]
  • Rhymes: -aɾ
  • Syllabification: pe‧car

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pecar (first-person singular indicative present peco, past participle pecáu)

  1. to sin

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Catalan

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Etymology

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Inherited from Old Catalan pec(c)ar, from Latin peccāre.

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pecar (first-person singular present peco, first-person singular preterite pequí, past participle pecat); root stress: (Northern) /e̞/; (Balearic, Central, Northwestern, Valencia) /e/

  1. to sin

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Galician

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Etymology

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From Old Galician-Portuguese pecar, from Latin peccāre.

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  • IPA(key): /peˈkaɾ/ [peˈkɑɾ]
  • Rhymes: -aɾ
  • Hyphenation: pe‧car

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pecar (first-person singular present peco, first-person singular preterite pequei, past participle pecado)

  1. (intransitive) to sin

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Occitan

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Etymology

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From Old Occitan peccar, from Latin peccāre.

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pecar

  1. to sin (commit a sin)

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Portuguese

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  • peccar (pre-standardization spelling)

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Etymology 1

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Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese pecar, from Latin peccāre (to sin).

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pecar (first-person singular present peco, first-person singular preterite pequei, past participle pecado)

  1. (theology) to sin (commit a sin)
    Synonym: errar
  2. to commit a misdeed
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Etymology 2

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    From peco + -ar.

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    pecar (first-person singular present peco, first-person singular preterite pequei, past participle pecado)

    1. to become stupid
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    Spanish

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    Etymology

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      Inherited from Old Spanish pecar, a learned borrowing from Latin peccāre. If directly inherited, short Latin /e/ would have diphthongized into Spanish /je/ when stressed, e.g. yielding *pieco instead of peco (I sin).[1]

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      • IPA(key): /peˈkaɾ/ [peˈkaɾ]
      • Rhymes: -aɾ
      • Syllabification: pe‧car

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      pecar (first-person singular present peco, first-person singular preterite pequé, past participle pecado)

      1. (intransitive) to sin

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      1. ^ Coromines, Joan; Pascual, José Antonio (1985), “pecar”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico [Critical Castilian and Hispanic etymological dictionary]‎[1] (in Spanish), volume IV (Me–Re), Madrid: Gredos, →ISBN, page 450

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