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Portuguese
Etymology
From des- + ponta (“tip, point”) + -ar.
Pronunciation
Verb
despontar (first-person singular present desponto, first-person singular preterite despontei, past participle despontado)
- (intransitive) to emerge; to come out
- Synonyms: apontar, surgir
2022, “Fogo nos Racistas”, performed by Black Pantera:Eu sei, nossa simples existência já é uma afronta
Os demônios em você não aguentam ver
Outro preto que desponta- I know our existence alone is already an affront
The demons inside you can't stand to see
Another black man emerging
- (intransitive, botany) to sprout
- Synonyms: apontar, brotar
- (transitive) to trim
- (transitive) to blunt
Conjugation
1Brazilian Portuguese.
2European Portuguese.
Noun
despontar m (plural despontares)
- beginning
- Synonym: início
- ao despontar do dia ― at daybreak