presenciar

/pɾesenˈθjaɾ/ · B2 · verb

to witness

👀 presenciar = presencia (presence) + -ar: to be present for something

Presenciar comes from presencia, meaning presence. To witness something is to be physically present when it happens. Link the sound pre-sen-ciar to presence: you were there, so you witnessed it.

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