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pertenecer

/peɾteneˈθeɾ/

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verb/peɾteneˈθeɾ/

to belong; to pertain; to be independent

Inherited from Latin pertinēre (from whence a rare older Spanish pertener), with the suffix -ecer, or possibly through a Vulgar Latin form *pertinēscēre. Compare Portuguese pertencer.