florescer

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin flōrēscere (“to flourish”), from flōreō (“to flourish”). Doublet of chorecer.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /flo.ɾeˈse(ʁ)/ [flo.ɾeˈse(h)]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /flo.ɾeˈse(ʁ)/ [flo.ɾeˈse(h)]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /flo.ɾeˈse(ɾ)/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /flo.ɾeˈse(ʁ)/ [flo.ɾeˈse(χ)]
  • (Caipira) IPA^(key): /flo.ɾeˈse(ɻ)/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): (careful) /flu.ɾɨʃˈseɾ/, /flu.ɾɨˈʃeɾ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): (careful) /flu.ɾɨʃˈseɾ/, /flu.ɾɨˈʃeɾ/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): (careful) /flu.ɾɨʃˈse.ɾi/, /flu.ɾɨˈʃe.ɾi/

• Hyphenation: flo‧res‧cer

Verb

florescer (first-person singular present floresço, first-person singular preterite floresci, past participle florescido)

1. to flower; to blossom (to put forth blooms)

   Synonyms: florir, desabrochar, abrir, florejar

   Antonyms: desflorescer, desflorir, murchar

2. to adorn with flowers

   Synonyms: florir, enflorar, florear, floretear, florejar

3. to flourish; to prosper

   Synonyms: enriquecer, medrar, prosperar, vingar

   Antonyms: decair, arruinar, fracassar, declinar

4. to spring (to start to exist)

   Synonym: aparecer

   Antonyms: desaparecer, sumir

Conjugation

    Conjugation of florescer (c-ç alternation) (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)

	Singular	Plural
First-person (eu)	Second-person (tu)	Third-person (ele / ela / você)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / vocês)
Infinitive
Impersonal	florescer
Personal	florescer	floresceres	florescer	florescermos	florescerdes	florescerem
Gerund
	florescendo
Past participle
Masculine	florescido	florescidos
Feminine	florescida	florescidas
Indicative
Present	floresço	floresces	floresce	florescemos	floresceis	florescem
Imperfect	florescia	florescias	florescia	florescíamos	florescíeis	floresciam
Preterite	floresci	floresceste	floresceu	florescemos	florescestes	floresceram
Pluperfect	florescera	floresceras	florescera	florescêramos	florescêreis	floresceram
Future	florescerei	florescerás	florescerá	floresceremos	florescereis	florescerão
Conditional	floresceria	florescerias	floresceria	floresceríamos	floresceríeis	floresceriam
Subjunctive
Present	floresça	floresças	floresça	floresçamos	floresçais	floresçam
Imperfect	florescesse	florescesses	florescesse	florescêssemos	florescêsseis	florescessem
Future	florescer	floresceres	florescer	florescermos	florescerdes	florescerem
Imperative
Affirmative		floresce	floresça	floresçamos	florescei	floresçam
Negative (não)	não floresças	não floresça	não floresçamos	não floresçais	não floresçam

Related terms

• flor
• flora
• floração
• florada
• floral
• florão
• florar
• floreado
• florear
• floreio
• floreira
• floreiro
• florejar
• florente
• flóreo
• florescência
• florescente
• florescimento
• floreta
• floretear
• floricultor
• floricultura
• florido
• flórido
• florífero
• floriforme
• florígero
• florilégio
• floríparo
• florir
• florista
• florístico
• floromania

Further reading

• “florescer”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “florescer”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Spanish

Verb

florescer (first-person singular present floresco, first-person singular preterite florescí, past participle florescido)

1. archaic form of florecer

Conjugation

    Conjugation of florescer (hard-soft alternation) (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive	florescer
gerund	floresciendo
past participle		masculine	feminine
singular	florescido	florescida
plural	florescidos	florescidas
	singular	plural
1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
indicative		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
present	floresco	florescestú florescésvos	floresce	florescemos	florescéis	florescen
imperfect	florescía	florescías	florescía	florescíamos	florescíais	florescían
preterite	florescí	floresciste	floresció	florescimos	florescisteis	florescieron
future	floresceré	florescerás	florescerá	floresceremos	floresceréis	florescerán
conditional	florescería	florescerías	florescería	floresceríamos	floresceríais	florescerían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
present	floresca	florescastú florescásvos2	floresca	florescamos	florescáis	florescan
imperfect (ra)	floresciera	florescieras	floresciera	floresciéramos	florescierais	florescieran
imperfect (se)	floresciese	florescieses	floresciese	floresciésemos	florescieseis	floresciesen
future1	floresciere	florescieres	floresciere	floresciéremos	floresciereis	florescieren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
affirmative		florescetú florescévos	floresca	florescamos	floresced	florescan
negative		no florescas	no floresca	no florescamos	no florescáis	no florescan

¹Rare; now chiefly used in legal language.
²Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tuteo-form for the present subjunctive.

    Selected combined forms of florescer (hard-soft alternation)

These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.

	singular	plural
1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
with infinitive florescer	dative	florescerme	florescerte	florescerle, florescerse	florescernos	floresceros	florescerles, florescerse
accusative	florescerme	florescerte	florescerlo, florescerla, florescerse	florescernos	floresceros	florescerlos, florescerlas, florescerse
with gerund floresciendo	dative	floresciéndome	floresciéndote	floresciéndole, floresciéndose	floresciéndonos	floresciéndoos	floresciéndoles, floresciéndose
accusative	floresciéndome	floresciéndote	floresciéndolo, floresciéndola, floresciéndose	floresciéndonos	floresciéndoos	floresciéndolos, floresciéndolas, floresciéndose
with informal second-person singular tuteo imperative floresce	dative	florésceme	floréscete	floréscele	floréscenos	not used	florésceles
accusative	florésceme	floréscete	floréscelo, floréscela	floréscenos	not used	floréscelos, floréscelas
with informal second-person singular voseo imperative florescé	dative	floresceme	florescete	florescele	florescenos	not used	floresceles
accusative	floresceme	florescete	florescelo, florescela	florescenos	not used	florescelos, florescelas
with formal second-person singular imperative floresca	dative	floréscame	not used	floréscale, floréscase	floréscanos	not used	floréscales
accusative	floréscame	not used	floréscalo, floréscala, floréscase	floréscanos	not used	floréscalos, floréscalas
with first-person plural imperative florescamos	dative	not used	florescámoste	florescámosle	florescámonos	florescámoos	florescámosles
accusative	not used	florescámoste	florescámoslo, florescámosla	florescámonos	florescámoos	florescámoslos, florescámoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative floresced	dative	florescedme	not used	florescedle	florescednos	floresceos	florescedles
accusative	florescedme	not used	florescedlo, florescedla	florescednos	floresceos	florescedlos, florescedlas
with formal second-person plural imperative florescan	dative	floréscanme	not used	floréscanle	floréscannos	not used	floréscanles, floréscanse
accusative	floréscanme	not used	floréscanlo, floréscanla	floréscannos	not used	floréscanlos, floréscanlas, floréscanse

Further reading

• “florescer”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025