pacer

See also: Pacer and pācer

English

Etymology

pace + -er

Pronunciation

  • (file)

Noun

pacer (plural pacers)

  1. One who paces.
  2. A breed of horse used in harness races.
  3. Short for pacemaker.
  4. (Australia) A mechanical pencil.

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Galician

Etymology

From Old Portuguese [Term?] (compare Portuguese pascer), from Latin pāscere, present active infinitive of pāscō (compare Spanish pacer).

Verb

pacer (first-person singular present pazo, first-person singular preterite pacín, past participle pacido)

  1. to graze, to pasture
  2. first/third-person singular future subjunctive of pacer
  3. first/third-person singular personal infinitive of pacer

Conjugation


Latin

Verb

pācer

  1. first-person singular present passive subjunctive of pācō

Spanish

Etymology

From Old Spanish, from Latin pāscere, present active infinitive of pāscō, from Proto-Italic *pāskō, from Proto-Indo-European *peh₂- (to protect).

Verb

pacer (first-person singular present pazco, first-person singular preterite pací, past participle pacido)

  1. to graze, to pasture
  2. to put out to pasture
  3. to eat away, to nibble, to gnaw

Conjugation

  • Rule: c becomes a zc before a or o.
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