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Portuguese
Etymology
From des- (“un-; dis-”) + cortinar (“curtain”) + -ar.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /des.koʁ.t͡ʃiˈna(ʁ)/ , /d͡ʒis.koʁ.t͡ʃiˈna(ʁ)/
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /des.koʁ.t͡ʃiˈna(ʁ)/ , /d͡ʒis.koʁ.t͡ʃiˈna(ʁ)/
Verb
descortinar (first-person singular present descortino, first-person singular preterite descortinei, past participle descortinado)
- to reveal something by opening curtains
1920, Letra Capital, Revista da Academia Brasileira de Letras, volumes 7-8, page 177:Antes, porém, de abrir o velario, descortinando o palco onde se iniciariam as suas primeiras e ruidosas façanhas de combatente, […]- However, before I set up the theater awning, uncurtaining the stage where his first grandiose deeds as a fighter would begin,
- (figurative) to reveal (to show what was hidden or unknown)
- 2007 (originally 1997), Dom Dadeus Grings, A igreja de Cristo para o terceiro milênio, 2nd edition, EDIPUCRS, page 13:
Numa visão retrospectiva descortina um passado, […]- It reveals a past in a restrospective vision,
- to observe a panorama
1950, João Batista de Mello Souza, Historias do Rio Paraíba, Aurora, page 293:Ao cabo de meia hora de jornada, quase sempre em subida, começamos a descortinar o vale do Paraíba até a Bocaina.- After half an hour of travel, almost always going up, we began to observe the Paraíba valley up to Bocaina.
Conjugation
1Brazilian Portuguese.
2European Portuguese.
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