decantar
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decantar (first-person singular present decanto, first-person singular preterite decantí, past participle decantat)
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Conjugation of decantar (first conjugation)
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- Hyphenation: de‧can‧tar
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decantar (first-person singular present decanto, first-person singular preterite decantei, past participle decantado)
- to decant
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Conjugation of decantar (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)
1Brazilian Portuguese.
2European Portuguese.
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Etymology edit
From Medieval Latin dēcanthāre, from dē- + canthus (“beak of a cup or jug”), equivalent to Spanish de- + canto (“edge”).
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decantar (first-person singular present decanto, first-person singular preterite decanté, past participle decantado)
- (transitive) to decant
- (transitive) to decide
- 2023 August 8, Marc Rovira, “ERC y Junts se emplazan a aparcar sus diferencias ante la “oportunidad histórica” de decantar la investidura”, in El País[1]:
- ERC y Junts se emplazan a aparcar sus diferencias ante la “oportunidad histórica” de decantar la investidura [title]
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- (reflexive, + por) to opt for
- 2008, Joxean Muñoz, Ez da neutrala:
- Nació en Guatemala en 1974, y aunque en sus inicios se decantó por el mundo de la literatura, encontró en la performance la manera de denunciar la violenta realidad que le ha tocado vivir
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Conjugation edit
Conjugation of decantar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
Selected combined forms of decantar
These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.
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- “decantar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014