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decer

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Galician

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Etymology

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Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese decer (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), probably from Vulgar Latin *dēscidere,[1] from dēscendere. Doublet of the borrowing descender. Cognate with Portuguese descer and Old Spanish deçir.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): (standard) /deˈθeɾ/ [d̪eˈθeɾ]
  • IPA(key): (seseo) /deˈseɾ/ [d̪eˈseɾ]

  • Rhymes: -eɾ
  • Hyphenation: de‧cer

Verb

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decer (first-person singular present dezo, first-person singular preterite decín, past participle decido)

  1. (dated) to descend, to go down
    Synonyms: baixar, descender
    Antonyms: ascender, poxar, subir, upar
    • 1390, R. Lorenzo, editor, La traducción gallega de la Crónica General y de la Crónica de Castilla, Ourense: I.E.O.P.F., page 806:
      quando chegou aos visos altos que som alende da ponte, deceu cõ hũu daquelles caualeyros que leuaua
      when he arrived to one of those high vantage points that are beyond the bridge, he descended with one of those knights he kept with him
    • 1746, Martín Sarmiento, Coloquio:
      Enton, nosa dona deceuse, à pè quedo, do seu carricoche
      Then our lady descended, sure-footed, from her carriage

Conjugation

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References

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  1. ^ Coromines, Joan; Pascual, José Antonio (1983–1991), “descender”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico [Critical Castilian and Hispanic etymological dictionary]‎[1] (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos

Mirandese

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Portuguese descer.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /deˈs̻eɾ/ [d̪ɨˈs̻eɾ]
  • Rhymes: -eɾ
  • Syllabification: de‧cer

Verb

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decer (first-person singular present deço, first-person singular preterite deci, past participle decido)

  1. to descend; to drop; to decline

Conjugation

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References

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  • Moisés, Pires (2004), “decer”, in Pequeno vocabulário Mirandês-Português [Small Mirandese-Portuguese Vocabulary], 2nd edition, Miranda do Douro: Câmara Municipal de Miranda do Douro, published 2019, →ISBN, page 226.

Old Galician-Portuguese

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Probably from Vulgar Latin *descidere, from dēscendere. Cognate with Old Spanish deçir.

Pronunciation

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Verb

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decer

  1. to descend, to go down

Conjugation

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  • Third person singular present tense: dece
  • Second person plural present tense: decedes
  • Third person plural past tense: deceron
  • Third singular future tense: decerá

Descendants

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  • Galician: decer
  • Portuguese: descer

Further reading

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