Condecir
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laepelba
June 22, 2013, 12:58 PM
Sé que esta palabra es muy poco usado. Pero encontré dos significados. Uno, es como la palabra conducir. El otro, en la RAE, es "convenir, concertar o guardar armonía una cosa con otra." Me parecen diferentes.... ¿Pueden ayudarme entender?
chileno
June 22, 2013, 02:26 PM
Esto es lo que RAE tiene para ti.
condecir. (Del lat. condecēre).
1. intr. Convenir, concertar o guardar armonía una cosa con otra.
Necesitas más ayuda?
laepelba
June 22, 2013, 02:35 PM
Esto es lo que RAE tiene para ti.
condecir. (Del lat. condecēre).
1. intr. Convenir, concertar o guardar armonía una cosa con otra.
Necesitas más ayuda?
Esta es mi duda. ¿Es igual a conducir? ¿O es sinónimo de convenir? Me parecen muy diferentes.....
JPablo
June 22, 2013, 03:48 PM
Nunca había oído que "condecir" significara "conducir"... :thinking:
¿Dónde has visto esa definición?
Para mí es la idea de "armonizar una cosa con otra", "convenir"... :twocents:
laepelba
June 22, 2013, 03:52 PM
Aquí: http://spanish.about.com/od/usingparticularverbs/qt/prefix_decir.htm
chileno
June 22, 2013, 04:24 PM
Difícil de explicar.
Es parecido a conllevar = to go hand in hand, same thing but with something that is being said or pertains to what is being talked about along the same lines.
Clear as mud?
This is from RAE, I'll try to dig some more...
con-.
(Del lat. cum).
1. pref. Significa 'reunión', 'cooperación' o 'agregación'. Confluir, convenir, consocio. Ante b o p toma la forma com-. Componer, compadre, combinar. Otras veces adquiere la forma co-. Coetáneo, cooperar, coacusado.
laepelba
June 22, 2013, 04:27 PM
It makes sense with the RAE definition, but not the "conducir" meaning from the article I posted the link for. Is the article wrong?
JPablo
June 22, 2013, 05:08 PM
No, the article says it is "RARE SUBSTANDARD usage"
condecir (This verb has some rare substandard usage as a substitute for conducir, "to conduct.")
I.e., it is unusual, and probably used in a jokingly manner, or definitely "slangy" in some specific or regional area.
CREA (Corpus de Referencia del Español Actual) gives 4 examples of the standard usage of "condecir" (2 from Argentina, 1 from Uruguay and one from México...) just in the standard usage. (It is already a not very common word... but then the "rare SUBSTANDARD" usage is even more RARE...)
Hope this clarifies!
laepelba
June 22, 2013, 05:18 PM
Okay - so basically, no need to learn this word...... :)
JPablo
June 22, 2013, 05:28 PM
Well, yes... if you see "condecir" next time, you may remember that it means "guardar armonía..." but that's about it... :)
Oxford gives,
condecir vi condecir CON algo = to be appropriate TO something;
una conducta que no condice con su condición de presidente = behavior inappropriate to a president
or
which does not befit a president
That is a highbrow register, and you may see it in the future, but as you say..., don't lose any sleep on this one... ;)
chileno
June 22, 2013, 06:30 PM
I agree with JP.
:)
JPablo
June 22, 2013, 06:44 PM
Thank you for your concurrence on this highly specialized matter... ;) :D
chileno
June 22, 2013, 08:02 PM
Thank you for your concurrence on this highly specialized matter... ;) :D
I almost missed it.
:whistling:
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