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Borrowed from Latin praecipitāre.

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precipitar (first-person singular present precipito, first-person singular preterite precipití, past participle precipitat)

  1. (transitive) to cause to fall, to throw down
  2. (transitive) to hasten, to precipitate
  3. (reflexive) to get ahead of oneself; to act hastily

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Borrowed from English precipitateFrench précipiterItalian precipitareSpanish precipitar. The reflexive sense “to hurry” derives from French, Spanish and English.

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precipitar (present precipitas, past precipitis, future precipitos, conditional precipitus, imperative precipitez)

  1. (transitive) to cause to fall, to drop
  2. (reflexive) to hurry

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From Latin praecipitāre (to cast down, to throw headlong).

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  • Hyphenation: pre‧ci‧pi‧tar

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precipitar (first-person singular present precipito, first-person singular preterite precipitei, past participle precipitado)

  1. to precipitate (all senses)

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Borrowed from Latin praecipitāre (to cast down, to throw headlong).

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  • IPA(key): (Spain) /pɾeθipiˈtaɾ/ [pɾe.θi.piˈt̪aɾ]
  • IPA(key): (Latin America) /pɾesipiˈtaɾ/ [pɾe.si.piˈt̪aɾ]
  • Rhymes: -aɾ
  • Syllabification: pre‧ci‧pi‧tar

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precipitar (first-person singular present precipito, first-person singular preterite precipité, past participle precipitado)

  1. to precipitate
  2. (reflexive) to rush in, to rush into, to jump the gun
  3. (reflexive) to plummet

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