decantar
Catalan
Verb
decantar (first-person singular present decanto, first-person singular preterite decantí, past participle decantat)
Conjugation
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Portuguese
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /de.kɐ̃ˈta(ʁ)/ [de.kɐ̃ˈta(h)]
- (São Paulo) IPA(key): /de.kɐ̃ˈta(ɾ)/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /de.kɐ̃ˈta(ʁ)/ [de.kɐ̃ˈta(χ)]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /de.kɐ̃ˈta(ɻ)/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /dɨ.kɐ̃ˈtaɾ/
- Hyphenation: de‧can‧tar
Verb
decantar (first-person singular present decanto, first-person singular preterite decantei, past participle decantado)
- to decant
Conjugation
Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)
Derived terms
Spanish
Etymology
From Medieval Latin dēcanthāre, from dē- + canthus (“beak of a cup or jug”), equivalent to Spanish de- + canto (“edge”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /dekanˈtaɾ/ [d̪e.kãn̪ˈt̪aɾ]
- Rhymes: -aɾ
- Syllabification: de‧can‧tar
Verb
decantar (first-person singular present decanto, first-person singular preterite decanté, past participle decantado)
- (transitive) to decant
- (transitive) to decide
- 2023 August 8, Marc Rovira, “ERC y Junts se emplazan a aparcar sus diferencias ante la “oportunidad histórica” de decantar la investidura”, in El País:
- ERC y Junts se emplazan a aparcar sus diferencias ante la “oportunidad histórica” de decantar la investidura [title]
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- (reflexive, + por) to opt for
- 2008, Joxean Muñoz, Ez da neutrala:
- Nació en Guatemala en 1974, y aunque en sus inicios se decantó por el mundo de la literatura, encontró en la performance la manera de denunciar la violenta realidad que le ha tocado vivir
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Conjugation
Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)
Derived terms
Related terms
Further reading
- “decantar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014