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Portuguese
Etymology
Borrowed from French décoller.
Pronunciation
Verb
decolar (first-person singular present decolo, first-person singular preterite decolei, past participle decolado)
- (Brazil) to take off; to begin flight
- Synonym: (Portugal) descolar
- Antonyms: (Portugal) aterrar, (Brazil) aterrissar
Conjugation
1Brazilian Portuguese.
2European Portuguese.
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /dekoˈlaɾ/
- Rhymes: -aɾ
- Syllabification: de‧co‧lar
Verb
decolar (first-person singular present decolo, first-person singular preterite decolé, past participle decolado)
- (Argentina, Colombia, Uruguay, intransitive) to take off (to leave the ground and begin flight; to ascend into the air)
- Synonym: despegar
Conjugation
1Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
2Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.