descollar

Spanish

Etymology

From des- +‎ cuello +‎ -ar.

Pronunciation

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

Rhymes: -aɾ
Syllabification: des‧co‧llar

Verb

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

(intransitive) to stand out, excel
Synonyms: destacarse, sobresalir

Conjugation

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

		singular			plural
infinitive			descollar
gerund			descollando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		descollado		descollada
		plural		descollados		descolladas
		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	descuellas^{^tú} descollás^{^vos}	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	descuelles^{^tú} descollés^{^vos²}	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		descuella^{^tú} descollá^{^vos}	descuelle	descollemos	descollad	descuellen
	negative		no descuelles	no descuelle	no descollemos	no descolléis	no descuellen

¹Rare; now chiefly used in legal language.
²Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tuteo-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 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025