decolar

Portuguese

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁

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Proto-Indo-European *trísinflu.

Proto-Indo-European *d(w)is-

Proto-Italic *dis-

Latin dis-

Old French des-

Middle French des-

Proto-Indo-European *de

Proto-Indo-European *-h₁

Proto-Indo-European *déh₁

Proto-Italic *dē

Latin dē

Latin dē-lbor.

French dé-

French coller

French décollerbor.

Portuguese decolar

Borrowed from French décoller.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /de.koˈla(ʁ)/ [de.koˈla(h)]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /de.koˈla(ʁ)/ [de.koˈla(h)]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /de.koˈla(ɾ)/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /de.koˈla(ʁ)/ [de.koˈla(χ)]
  • (Caipira) IPA^(key): /de.koˈla(ɻ)/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /dɨ.kuˈlaɾ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /dɨ.kuˈlaɾ/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /dɨ.kuˈla.ɾi/

• Hyphenation: de‧co‧lar

Verb

decolar (first-person singular present decolo, first-person singular preterite decolei, past participle decolado)

1. (Brazil) to take off; to begin flight

   Synonym: (Portugal) descolar

   Antonyms: (Portugal) aterrar, (Brazil) aterrissar

Conjugation

    Conjugation of decolar (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (tu)	Third-person (ele / ela / você)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / vocês)
Infinitive
Impersonal	decolar
Personal	decolar	decolares	decolar	decolarmos	decolardes	decolarem
Gerund
	decolando
Past participle
Masculine	decolado			decolados
Feminine	decolada			decoladas
Indicative
Present	decolo	decolas	decola	decolamos	decolais	decolam
Imperfect	decolava	decolavas	decolava	decolávamos	decoláveis	decolavam
Preterite	decolei	decolaste	decolou	decolamos1, decolámos2	decolastes	decolaram
Pluperfect	decolara	decolaras	decolara	decoláramos	decoláreis	decolaram
Future	decolarei	decolarás	decolará	decolaremos	decolareis	decolarão
Conditional	decolaria	decolarias	decolaria	decolaríamos	decolaríeis	decolariam
Subjunctive
Present	decole	decoles	decole	decolemos	decoleis	decolem
Imperfect	decolasse	decolasses	decolasse	decolássemos	decolásseis	decolassem
Future	decolar	decolares	decolar	decolarmos	decolardes	decolarem
Imperative
Affirmative		decola	decole	decolemos	decolai	decolem
Negative (não)		não decoles	não decole	não decolemos	não decoleis	não decolem

¹Brazilian Portuguese.
²European Portuguese.

Further reading

• “decolar”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “decolar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Spanish

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁

▲

Proto-Indo-European *trísinflu.

Proto-Indo-European *d(w)is-

Proto-Italic *dis-

Latin dis-

Old French des-

Middle French des-

Proto-Indo-European *de

Proto-Indo-European *-h₁

Proto-Indo-European *déh₁

Proto-Italic *dē

Latin dē

Latin dē-lbor.

French dé-

French coller

French décollerbor.

Spanish decolar

Borrowed from French décoller.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dekoˈlaɾ/ [d̪e.koˈlaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: de‧co‧lar

Verb

decolar (first-person singular present decolo, first-person singular preterite decolé, past participle decolado)

1. (aviation, Rioplatense, Colombia, Ecuador, rare in Honduras and Chile) to take off (to leave the ground and begin flight; to ascend into the air)

   Synonym: despegar

Conjugation

    Conjugation of decolar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			decolar
gerund			decolando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		decolado		decolada
		plural		decolados		decoladas
		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
indicative		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	decolo	decolastú decolásvos	decola	decolamos	decoláis	decolan
	imperfect	decolaba	decolabas	decolaba	decolábamos	decolabais	decolaban
	preterite	decolé	decolaste	decoló	decolamos	decolasteis	decolaron
	future	decolaré	decolarás	decolará	decolaremos	decolaréis	decolarán
	conditional	decolaría	decolarías	decolaría	decolaríamos	decolaríais	decolarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	decole	decolestú decolésvos2	decole	decolemos	decoléis	decolen
	imperfect (ra)	decolara	decolaras	decolara	decoláramos	decolarais	decolaran
	imperfect (se)	decolase	decolases	decolase	decolásemos	decolaseis	decolasen
	future1	decolare	decolares	decolare	decoláremos	decolareis	decolaren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		decolatú decolávos	decole	decolemos	decolad	decolen
	negative		no decoles	no decole	no decolemos	no decoléis	no decolen

¹Rare; now chiefly used in legal language.
²Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tuteo-form for the present subjunctive.

Further reading

• “decolar”, in Diccionario de americanismos [Dictionary of Americanisms] (in Spanish), Association of Academies of the Spanish Language [Spanish: Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española], 2010