descollar

Spanish

Etymology

From des- +‎ cuello +‎ -ar.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /deskoˈʝaɾ/ [d̪es.koˈʝaɾ]

• IPA^(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /deskoˈʝaɾ/ [d̪es.koˈʝaɾ]
• IPA^(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines) /deskoˈʎaɾ/ [d̪es.koˈʎaɾ]
• IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /deskoˈʃaɾ/ [d̪es.koˈʃaɾ]
• IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /deskoˈʒaɾ/ [d̪es.koˈʒaɾ]

• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: des‧co‧llar

Verb

descollar (first-person singular present descuello, first-person singular preterite descollé, past participle descollado)

1. (intransitive) to stand out, excel

Conjugation

    Conjugation of descollar (o-ue alternation) (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			descollar
gerund			descollando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		descollado		descollada
		plural		descollados		descolladas
		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	descuello	descuellastú descollásvos	descuella	descollamos	descolláis	descuellan
	imperfect	descollaba	descollabas	descollaba	descollábamos	descollabais	descollaban
	preterite	descollé	descollaste	descolló	descollamos	descollasteis	descollaron
	future	descollaré	descollarás	descollará	descollaremos	descollaréis	descollarán
	conditional	descollaría	descollarías	descollaría	descollaríamos	descollaríais	descollarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	descuelle	descuellestú descollésvos2	descuelle	descollemos	descolléis	descuellen
	imperfect (ra)	descollara	descollaras	descollara	descolláramos	descollarais	descollaran
	imperfect (se)	descollase	descollases	descollase	descollásemos	descollaseis	descollasen
	future1	descollare	descollares	descollare	descolláremos	descollareis	descollaren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		descuellatú descollávos	descuelle	descollemos	descollad	descuellen
	negative		no descuelles	no descuelle	no descollemos	no descolléis	no descuellen

¹Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
²Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.

Derived terms

• descolladamente
• descollante

 

Further reading

• “descollar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10