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Portuguese
Pronunciation
Verb
descontar (first-person singular present desconto, first-person singular preterite descontei, past participle descontado)
- to discount
- to take it out
Márcio foi ao bar e descontou tudo na cachaça.- Márcio went to the bar and took it all out on cachaça.
Conjugation
1Brazilian Portuguese.
2European Portuguese.
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /deskonˈtaɾ/
- Rhymes: -aɾ
- Syllabification: des‧con‧tar
Verb
descontar (first-person singular present descuento, first-person singular preterite desconté, past participle descontado)
- discount
- Synonym: rebajar
Conjugation
1Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
2Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.
Selected combined forms of descontar (o-ue alternation)
These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.
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singular
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plural
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1st person
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2nd person
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3rd person
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1st person
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2nd person
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3rd person
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with infinitive descontar
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dative
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descontarme
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descontarte
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descontarle, descontarse
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descontarnos
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descontaros
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descontarles, descontarse
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accusative
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descontarme
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descontarte
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descontarlo, descontarla, descontarse
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descontarnos
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descontaros
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descontarlos, descontarlas, descontarse
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with gerund descontando
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dative
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descontándome
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descontándote
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descontándole, descontándose
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descontándonos
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descontándoos
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descontándoles, descontándose
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accusative
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descontándome
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descontándote
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descontándolo, descontándola, descontándose
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descontándonos
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descontándoos
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descontándolos, descontándolas, descontándose
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with informal second-person singular tú imperative descuenta
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dative
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descuéntame
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descuéntate
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descuéntale
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descuéntanos
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not used
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descuéntales
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accusative
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descuéntame
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descuéntate
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descuéntalo, descuéntala
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descuéntanos
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not used
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descuéntalos, descuéntalas
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with informal second-person singular vos imperative descontá
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dative
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descontame
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descontate
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descontale
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descontanos
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not used
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descontales
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accusative
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descontame
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descontate
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descontalo, descontala
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descontanos
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not used
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descontalos, descontalas
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with formal second-person singular imperative descuente
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dative
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descuénteme
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not used
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descuéntele, descuéntese
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descuéntenos
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not used
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descuénteles
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accusative
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descuénteme
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not used
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descuéntelo, descuéntela, descuéntese
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descuéntenos
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not used
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descuéntelos, descuéntelas
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with first-person plural imperative descontemos
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dative
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not used
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descontémoste
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descontémosle
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descontémonos
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descontémoos
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descontémosles
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accusative
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not used
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descontémoste
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descontémoslo, descontémosla
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descontémonos
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descontémoos
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descontémoslos, descontémoslas
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with informal second-person plural imperative descontad
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dative
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descontadme
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not used
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descontadle
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descontadnos
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descontaos
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descontadles
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accusative
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descontadme
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not used
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descontadlo, descontadla
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descontadnos
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descontaos
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descontadlos, descontadlas
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with formal second-person plural imperative descuenten
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dative
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descuéntenme
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not used
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descuéntenle
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descuéntennos
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not used
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descuéntenles, descuéntense
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accusative
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descuéntenme
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not used
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descuéntenlo, descuéntenla
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descuéntennos
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not used
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descuéntenlos, descuéntenlas, descuéntense
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