perecer
/peɾeˈseɾ/ verb C1- to die, to perish (cease to live)
- to long for, to crave · Se perece por salir algún día. He longs to leave one day.
Verb forms
- Infinitive
- perecer
- Gerund
- pereciendo
- Past participle
- perecido
- Present (yo)
- perezco
- Preterite (yo)
- perecí
An irregular verb: some of its forms don’t follow the rules, so learn them by heart.
From the library
Perecen en las prisiones
Llevan al caminante á perecer:
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