pacer

See also: Pacer and pācer

English

Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

From pace +‎ -er.

Noun

pacer (plural pacers)

  1. One who paces.
  2. In harness racing, a horse with a gait in which the front and back legs on one side take a step together alternating with the legs on the other side; as opposed to a trotter.
  3. A pacemaker (one who sets the pace in a race).
Derived terms

Etymology 2

From the brand name Pacer.

Noun

pacer (plural pacers)

  1. (Australia) A mechanical pencil.

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Galician

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese [Term?] (compare Portuguese pascer), from Latin pāscere (compare Spanish pacer).

Verb

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

  1. to graze, to pasture

Conjugation

    Conjugation of pacer (c-z alternation)
Singular Plural
First-person
(eu) 		Second-person
(ti) 		Third-person
(el / ela / Vde.) 		First-person
(nós) 		Second-person
(vós) 		Third-person
(eles / elas / Vdes.)
Infinitive
Impersonal pacer
Personal pacer paceres pacer pacermos pacerdes paceren
Gerund
pacendo
Past participle
Masculine pacido pacidos
Feminine pacida pacidas
Indicative
Present pazo paces pace pacemos pacedes pacen
Imperfect pacía pacías pacía paciamos paciades pacían
Preterite pacín paciches paceu pacemos pacestes paceron
Pluperfect pacera paceras pacera paceramos pacerades paceran
Future pacerei pacerás pacerá paceremos paceredes pacerán
Conditional pacería pacerías pacería paceriamos paceriades pacerían
Subjunctive
Present paza pazas paza pazamos pazades pazan
Imperfect pacese paceses pacese pacésemos pacésedes pacesen
Future pacer paceres pacer pacermos pacerdes paceren
Imperative
Affirmative pace paza pazamos pacede pazan
Negative (non) non pazas non paza non pazamos non pazades non pazan

Latin

Verb

pācer

  1. first-person singular present passive subjunctive of pācō

Spanish

Etymology

Inherited from Old Spanish pasçer, from Latin pāscere, pāscō, from Proto-Italic *pāskō, from Proto-Indo-European *peh₂- (“to protect”).

Pronunciation

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

    Conjugation of pacer (c-zc alternation) (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
infinitive pacer
gerund paciendo
past participle masculine feminine
singular pacido pacida
plural pacidos pacidas
singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
indicative yo tú
vos 		él/ella/ello
usted 		nosotros
nosotras 		vosotros
vosotras 		ellos/ellas
ustedes
present pazco pacestú
pacésvos 		pace pacemos pacéis pacen
imperfect pacía pacías pacía pacíamos pacíais pacían
preterite pací paciste pació pacimos pacisteis pacieron
future paceré pacerás pacerá paceremos paceréis pacerán
conditional pacería pacerías pacería paceríamos paceríais pacerían
subjunctive yo tú
vos 		él/ella/ello
usted 		nosotros
nosotras 		vosotros
vosotras 		ellos/ellas
ustedes
present pazca pazcastú
pazcásvos2 		pazca pazcamos pazcáis pazcan
imperfect
(ra) 		paciera pacieras paciera paciéramos pacierais pacieran
imperfect
(se) 		paciese pacieses paciese paciésemos pacieseis paciesen
future1 paciere pacieres paciere paciéremos paciereis pacieren
imperative — tú
vos 		usted nosotros
nosotras 		vosotros
vosotras 		ustedes
affirmative pacetú
pacévos 		pazca pazcamos paced pazcan
negative no pazcas no pazca no pazcamos no pazcáis no pazcan

1Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
2Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.

    Selected combined forms of pacer (c-zc alternation)

These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.

singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
with infinitive pacer dative pacerme pacerte pacerle, pacerse pacernos paceros pacerles, pacerse
accusative pacerme pacerte pacerlo, pacerla, pacerse pacernos paceros pacerlos, pacerlas, pacerse
with gerund paciendo dative paciéndome paciéndote paciéndole, paciéndose paciéndonos paciéndoos paciéndoles, paciéndose
accusative paciéndome paciéndote paciéndolo, paciéndola, paciéndose paciéndonos paciéndoos paciéndolos, paciéndolas, paciéndose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative pace dative páceme pácete pácele pácenos not used páceles
accusative páceme pácete pácelo, pácela pácenos not used pácelos, pácelas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative pacé dative paceme pacete pacele pacenos not used paceles
accusative paceme pacete pacelo, pacela pacenos not used pacelos, pacelas
with formal second-person singular imperative pazca dative pázcame not used pázcale, pázcase pázcanos not used pázcales
accusative pázcame not used pázcalo, pázcala, pázcase pázcanos not used pázcalos, pázcalas
with first-person plural imperative pazcamos dative not used pazcámoste pazcámosle pazcámonos pazcámoos pazcámosles
accusative not used pazcámoste pazcámoslo, pazcámosla pazcámonos pazcámoos pazcámoslos, pazcámoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative paced dative pacedme not used pacedle pacednos paceos pacedles
accusative pacedme not used pacedlo, pacedla pacednos paceos pacedlos, pacedlas
with formal second-person plural imperative pazcan dative pázcanme not used pázcanle pázcannos not used pázcanles, pázcanse
accusative pázcanme not used pázcanlo, pázcanla pázcannos not used pázcanlos, pázcanlas, pázcanse

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