suceso - Wiktionary, the free dictionary

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From Latin successus.

• Rhymes: -eso
• Hyphenation: su‧ce‧so

suceso m (plural sucesos)

1. event, happening

   Synonym: sucedido

• suceder

• “suceso”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2025

From Latin successus.

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /suˈθeso/ [suˈθe.so]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /suˈseso/ [suˈse.so]
• Rhymes: -eso
• Syllabification: su‧ce‧so

suceso m (plural sucesos)

1. event, happening

   Synonyms: evento, acontecimiento

2. outcome, result

   Synonyms: desenlace, resultado

3. (obsolete) success

   Synonyms: éxito, acierto

• In modern usage suceso is a false friend, and does not mean "success" (Éxito stole that role.). But in English obsolete usage success can mean outcome, result.

• “suceso”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10