comparecer

From con- +‎ parecer, based on Latin compārēre, or less likely through a Vulgar Latin *compārēscere.

comparecer (first-person singular present compareço, first-person singular preterite compareci, past participle comparecido)

1. to attend, appear, turn up

• comparecimento

• “comparecer” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913

From con- +‎ parecer, based on Latin comparēre, or less likely through a Vulgar Latin root *comparescere. In Portuguese the corresponding word was used as the general word for showing up; in Spanish it became specialized to legal contexts.

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /kompaɾeˈθeɾ/ [kõm.pa.ɾeˈθeɾ]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America) /kompaɾeˈseɾ/ [kõm.pa.ɾeˈseɾ]
• Rhymes: -eɾ
• Syllabification: com‧pa‧re‧cer

comparecer (first-person singular present comparezco, first-person singular preterite comparecí, past participle comparecido)

1. (law with preposition ante) to appear, show up (at a court or authority)

   Synonym: presentarse

• “comparecer”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014