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Spanish
Etymology
From des- + cuello + -ar.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /deskoˈʝaɾ/
- IPA(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Philippines) /deskoˈʎaɾ/
- IPA(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /deskoˈʃaɾ/
- IPA(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /deskoˈʒaɾ/
- 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
1Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
2Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.
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