Polyglot Dictionary

despontar

/dʒispõˈtaɾ/

verb B2

o (masc.) a (fem.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

V Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Common Domain General Tone Neutral

Forms

present (eu)
desponto
preterite (eu)
despontei
past participle
despontado

Meaning

  1. to emerge

    • O sol despontou.

      The sun emerged.

V Category Occurrence Concreteness Concrete Agency Voluntary Duration Durative Transitivity Transitive

Similar words

emergir

despontar is more about something starting to appear or dawn, like a new trend emerging or the sun on the horizon; emergir is more general, like emerging from water or emerging as a leader.

Similar in other languages

Spanish

emerger

emerger is the Spanish word for the same thing — both mean "to emerge."

French

émerger

émerger is the French word for the same thing — both mean "to emerge."

Practice

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