surgir

/suɾˈxiɾ/ · B1 · verb

to arise, emerge, surface, crop up, spring up, pop up

🌱 From Latin surgere, to rise up: same root as English surge and resurgence

Something that surges rises up suddenly, and that is what surgir means: a problem or idea crops up. Add de to say where it comes from: surgir de = to arise from. Insurgent shares the root: someone who rises up against power.

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