decantar

Catalan

Pronunciation

Verb

decantar (first-person singular present decanto, first-person singular preterite decantí, past participle decantat)

  1. to decant
  2. (reflexive) to opt [+ per (object) = for]

Conjugation

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/
    • (Southern Portugal) IPA(key): /dɨ.kɐ̃ˈta.ɾi/

  • Hyphenation: de‧can‧tar

Verb

decantar (first-person singular present decanto, first-person singular preterite decantei, past participle decantado)

  1. to decant

Conjugation

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)

  1. (transitive) to decant
  2. (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)
  3. (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)

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