descolorir
Portuguese
Alternative forms
Etymology
From des- + colorir. Compare Old French descolorer.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /d͡ʒis.ko.loˈɾi(ʁ)/ [d͡ʒis.ko.loˈɾi(h)], /des.ko.loˈɾi(ʁ)/ [des.ko.loˈɾi(h)]
- (São Paulo) IPA(key): /d͡ʒis.ko.loˈɾi(ɾ)/, /des.ko.loˈɾi(ɾ)/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /d͡ʒiʃ.ko.loˈɾi(ʁ)/ [d͡ʒiʃ.ko.loˈɾi(χ)], /deʃ.ko.loˈɾi(ʁ)/ [deʃ.ko.loˈɾi(χ)]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /des.ko.loˈɾi(ɻ)/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /dɨʃ.ku.luˈɾiɾ/
- (Southern Portugal) IPA(key): /dɨʃ.ku.luˈɾi.ɾi/
- Hyphenation: des‧co‧lo‧rir
Verb
descolorir (no first-person singular present, no present subjunctive, third-person singular present descolore, first-person singular preterite descolori, past participle descolorido)
- (intransitive or reflexive) to discolor (lose color)
- Minha camisa nova já descoloriu! ― My new shirt already lost its color!
- (transitive) to discolor; to bleach (cause to lose color, mostly of the sun)
- O sol descoloriu o plástico da mesa. ― The sun bleached the plastic table.
- (transitive, specifically) to bleach (treat with bleach, such as to lighten hair)
- Te desafio a descolorir a sobrancelha. ― I dare you to bleach your eyebrows.
- (transitive, figurative) to make (something/someone) less interesting; to impoverish
Conjugation
Conjugation of descolorir (defective) (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)
Further reading
- “descolorir”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2025
- “descolorir”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
- “descolorir”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025
- “descolorir”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025