descollante

Spanish

Etymology

From descollar +‎ -ante.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /deskoˈʝante/ [d̪es.koˈʝãn̪.t̪e] (Equatorial Guinea, most of Spain and Latin America)
IPA^(key): /deskoˈʎante/ [d̪es.koˈʎãn̪.t̪e] (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines)
IPA^(key): /deskoˈʃante/ [d̪es.koˈʃãn̪.t̪e] (Buenos Aires and environs)
IPA^(key): /deskoˈʒante/ [d̪es.koˈʒãn̪.t̪e] (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay)

Rhymes: -ante
Syllabification: des‧co‧llan‧te

Adjective

descollante m or f (masculine and feminine plural descollantes)

outstanding, eminent
Synonyms: sobresaliente, eminente
- 2015 November 22, “Reportaje”, in El País‎^[1]:
  Estos eran sus rasgos descollantes, los signos por los cuales, aun en los mares sin límites y sin mapas, revelaba su identidad a aquellos que la conocían”.
  (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Further reading

“descollante”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025