descollar
Spanish
Etymology
From des- + cuello + -ar.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /deskoˈʝaɾ/ [d̪es.koˈʝaɾ]
- IPA(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains) /deskoˈʎaɾ/ [d̪es.koˈʎaɾ]
- IPA(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /deskoˈʃaɾ/ [d̪es.koˈʃaɾ]
- IPA(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /deskoˈʒaɾ/ [d̪es.koˈʒaɾ]
- Rhymes: -aɾ
- Syllabification: des‧co‧llar
Verb
descollar (first-person singular present descuello, first-person singular preterite descollé, past participle descollado)
- (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.
Derived terms
- descolladamente
- descollante
Further reading
- “descollar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014