descollar

Spanish

Etymology

From des- +‎ cuello +‎ -ar.

Pronunciation

 
  • IPA(key): /deskoˈʝaɾ/ [d̪es.koˈʝaɾ] (most of Spain and Latin America)
  • IPA(key): /deskoˈʎaɾ/ [d̪es.koˈʎaɾ] (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines)
  • IPA(key): /deskoˈʃaɾ/ [d̪es.koˈʃaɾ] (Buenos Aires and environs)
  • IPA(key): /deskoˈʒaɾ/ [d̪es.koˈʒaɾ] (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay)

  • Rhymes: -aɾ
  • Syllabification: des‧co‧llar

Verb

descollar (first-person singular present descuello, first-person singular preterite descollé, past participle descollado)

  1. (intransitive) to stand out, excel

Conjugation

    Conjugation of descollar (o-ue alternation) (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
infinitive descollar
gerund descollando
past participle masculine feminine
singular descollado descollada
plural descollados descolladas
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 descuello descuellastú
descollásvos 		descuella descollamos descolláis descuellan
imperfect descollaba descollabas descollaba descollábamos descollabais descollaban
preterite descollé descollaste descolló descollamos descollasteis descollaron
future descollaré descollarás descollará descollaremos descollaréis descollarán
conditional descollaría descollarías descollaría descollaríamos descollaríais descollarían
subjunctive yo tú
vos 		él/ella/ello
usted 		nosotros
nosotras 		vosotros
vosotras 		ellos/ellas
ustedes
present descuelle descuellestú
descollésvos2 		descuelle descollemos descolléis descuellen
imperfect
(ra) 		descollara descollaras descollara descolláramos descollarais descollaran
imperfect
(se) 		descollase descollases descollase descollásemos descollaseis descollasen
future1 descollare descollares descollare descolláremos descollareis descollaren
imperative — tú
vos 		usted nosotros
nosotras 		vosotros
vosotras 		ustedes
affirmative descuellatú
descollávos 		descuelle descollemos descollad descuellen
negative no descuelles no descuelle no descollemos no descolléis no descuellen

1Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
2Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.

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