Condecir

laepelba

June 22, 2013 12:58 PM

Condecir

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

Quote:

Originally Posted by chileno (Post 139589)

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/usingpar...efix_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

Quote:

Originally Posted by JPablo (Post 139627)

Thank you for your concurrence on this highly specialized matter... ;) :D

I almost missed it.

:whistling:

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