decolar
Portuguese, verb/de.koˈla(ʁ)/
decolar is spelled D-E-C-O-L-A-R (7 letters) and appears 2.7 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 18,535th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Decolar is a Portuguese verb meaning “to take off; to begin flight” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “levantar voo, voar”.
What does decolar mean in English?
verb
- 1
Brazilto take off; to begin flight
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
verb: 1. levantar voo, voar
The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.
Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of decolar
- decolo first-person present singular
- decolei first-person preterite singular
- decolado participle past
- decolares infinitive second-person singular
- decolarmos first-person infinitive plural
- decolardes infinitive plural second-person
- decolarem infinitive plural third-person
- decolando gerund
- decolados masculine participle past
- decolada feminine participle past
- decoladas feminine participle past
- decolas indicative present second-person
- decola indicative present singular
- decolamos first-person indicative plural
- decolais indicative plural present
- decolam indicative plural present
- decolava first-person imperfect indicative
- decolavas imperfect indicative second-person
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce decolar?
- Brazil /de.koˈla(ʁ)/
- Brazil [de.koˈla(h)]
- /de.koˈla(ɾ)/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to decolar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is decolar in Portuguese?
decolar appears 2.7 times per million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).