descair

descair

Portuguese

Etymology

Des- +‎ cair (“to fall”).

Pronunciation

• (Paulista) IPA^(key): /ˌdes.ka.ˈi(ɾ)/, /ˌdes.ka.ˈi(ɹ)/
• (South Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˌdes.ka.ˈi(ɾ)/, /ˌdes.ka.ˈi(ɻ)/
• (Brazil) Homophone: descaí

Verb

descair (first-person singular present indicative descaio, past participle descaído)

1. to be hanging; to be suspended

   Meus braços descaem.

   My arms are hanging.

2. to suspend, hang something

   Ele descai seus braços.

   He suspends his arms.

3. to be inclined

   O poste descai à direita.

   The post is inclined to the right.

4. to droop (to slowly become limp)

   Descaí devido ao cansaço.

   I drooped due to being tired.

5. to become less intense

   O comércio está a descair.

   Commerce is weakening.

   O vento descaiu.

   The wind weakened.

6. to fall down due to not having enough strength to stand

   Descaí após a maratona.

   I fell down after the marathon.

Conjugation

  Conjugation of the Portuguese -ir verb descair

Notes:[edit] This is an irregular verb of the -ir group. Verbs with this conjugation include: atrair, cair, contrair, distrair, sair, subtrair, trair.
	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	descair
Personal	descair	descaíres	descair	descairmos	descairdes	descaírem
Gerund
	descaindo
Past participle
Masculine	descaído			descaídos
Feminine	descaída			descaídas
Indicative
Present	descaio	descais	descai	descaímos	descaís	descaem
Imperfect	descaía	descaías	descaía	descaíamos	descaíeis	descaíam
Preterite	descaí	descaíste	descaiu	descaímos	descaístes	descaíram
Pluperfect	descaíra	descaíras	descaíra	descaíramos	descaíreis	descaíram
Future	descairei	descairás	descairá	descairemos	descaireis	descairão
Conditional
	descairia	descairias	descairia	descairíamos	descairíeis	descairiam
Subjunctive
Present	descaia	descaias	descaia	descaiamos	descaiais	descaiam
Imperfect	descaísse	descaísses	descaísse	descaíssemos	descaísseis	descaíssem
Future	descair	descaíres	descair	descairmos	descairdes	descaírem
Imperative
Affirmative	-	descai	descaia	descaiamos	descaí	descaiam
Negative (não)	-	descaias	descaia	descaiamos	descaiais	descaiam

Synonyms

• (to be suspended): pender, suspender
• (to suspend something): pender, pendurar, suspender
• (to be inclined): arquear, inclinar, vergar
• (to droop): arquear, vergar
• (to become less intense): abrandar, amainar, decair, desintensificar, diminuir, enfraquecer
• (to fall down): desfalecer

Antonyms

• (to become less intense): aumentar, fortalecer, intensificar

Related terms

• descaída
• descaidela
• descaído
• descaimento