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decido

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Asturian

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Verb

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decido

  1. first-person singular present indicative of decidir

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /deˈt͡sido/
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  • Rhymes: -ido
  • Syllabification: de‧ci‧do

Noun

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decido (accusative singular decidon, plural decidoj, accusative plural decidojn)

  1. decision
    • 2025 September 29, Jorge Nogueras, “La plej mallonga tago”, in uea.facila[1], archived from the original on 12 December 2025:
      Mikronovelo estas eĉ pli mallonga: ekzemple ĝi povus konsisti el nur 500 vortoj; aŭ 300; aŭ precize 100 vortoj, kiel la ekzemplo sube; laŭ la decido de la verkisto.
      A micro-novella is even shorter: for example it could consist of only 500 words; or 300; or precisely 100 words, like the example below; according to the decision of the author.

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Galician

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Participle

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decido (feminine decida, masculine plural decidos, feminine plural decidas)

  1. past participle of decer

Etymology 2

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Verb

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decido

  1. first-person singular present indicative of decidir

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Noun

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decido (plural decidi)

  1. decision

Italian

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decido

  1. first-person singular present indicative of decidere

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Latin

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Etymology 1

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    From dē- (down from) +‎ cadō (to fall).

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    dēcidō (present infinitive dēcidere, perfect active dēcidī); third conjugation, no passive, no supine stem

    1. (intransitive) to fall down or off; collapse; drop, hang down
    2. (intransitive) to die, fall dead
    3. (intransitive, figuratively) to sink, perish
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    Reflexes of an assumed variant *dēcadere (showing etymological recomposition):

    • Balkano-Romance:
      • Romanian: decădea
    • Italo-Romance:
    • Gallo-Romance:
    • Ibero-Romance:

    Etymology 2

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    From dē- (down from) +‎ caedō (to cut).

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    dēcīdō (present infinitive dēcīdere, perfect active dēcīdī, supine dēcīsum); third conjugation

    1. to cut off or away; clip; reduce, diminish
    2. to beat severely, cudgel soundly, thrash
      Synonym: concīdō
    3. (figuratively) to decide, determine, settle, terminate, put an end to; agree
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    References

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    • decido”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
    • decido”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
    • decido”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
    • Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894), Latin Phrase-Book[2], London: Macmillan and Co.
      • to fall to the earth: in terram cadere, decidere
    • decido in Ramminger, Johann (16 July 2016 (last accessed)), Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700[3], pre-publication website, 2005-2016

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    decido

    1. first-person singular present indicative of decidir

    Spanish

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    decido

    1. first-person singular present indicative of decidir