pertencer

From Old Galician-Portuguese pertẽecer (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Vulgar Latin *pertinescere, from Latin pertineō, pertinēre, from per (“through”) + teneō (“I hold”). Compare Spanish pertenecer.

• IPA^(key): /peɾtenˈθeɾ/
• Hyphenation: per‧ten‧cer

pertencer (first-person singular present pertenzo, first-person singular preterite pertencín, past participle pertencido)
pertencer (first-person singular present pertenço, first-person singular preterite pertencim or pertenci, past participle pertencido, reintegrationist norm)

1. to belong

• pertenza

• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “pertencer”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “perteesç”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “pertencer”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “pertencer”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega

From Old Galician-Portuguese pertẽecer, from Vulgar Latin *pertinēscēre, from Latin pertinēre, from per (“through”) + teneō (“to hold”). Compare Spanish pertenecer.

• Hyphenation: per‧ten‧cer

pertencer (first-person singular present pertenço, first-person singular preterite pertenci, past participle pertencido) [with a ‘to’] (intransitive)

1. to belong (to be property (of); to be owned (by))

   Esse livro pertence a mim.

   This book belongs to me.

2. to belong (to be a part (of))
3. (set theory) to belong (to be an element of a set)

• pertinente