# descansar
## Asturian
### Verb

descansar (first-person singular indicative present descanso, past participle descansáu)
* (intransitive) to rest (intransitive: take repose)

#### Synonyms

* reposar

#### Related terms

* descansu

## Catalan
### Etymology

From des- (“de-”) +‎ cansar (“to tire”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central, Balearic) [dəs.kənˈsa]
* IPA: (Valencia) [des.kanˈsaɾ]

### Verb

descansar (first-person singular present descanso, first-person singular preterite descansí, past participle descansat)
* to rest

#### Derived terms

* descans

## Portuguese
### Etymology

From des- +‎ cansar, literally “de-tire”.

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /des.kɐ̃ˈsa(ʁ)/ [des.kɐ̃ˈsa(h)], /d͡ʒis.kɐ̃ˈsa(ʁ)/ [d͡ʒis.kɐ̃ˈsa(h)]
* (Brazil) IPA: /des.kɐ̃ˈsa(ʁ)/ [des.kɐ̃ˈsa(h)], /d͡ʒis.kɐ̃ˈsa(ʁ)/ [d͡ʒis.kɐ̃ˈsa(h)]
** (São Paulo) IPA: /des.kɐ̃ˈsa(ɾ)/, /d͡ʒis.kɐ̃ˈsa(ɾ)/
** (Rio de Janeiro) IPA: /deʃ.kɐ̃ˈsa(ʁ)/ [deʃ.kɐ̃ˈsa(χ)], /d͡ʒiʃ.kɐ̃ˈsa(ʁ)/ [d͡ʒiʃ.kɐ̃ˈsa(χ)]
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /des.kɐ̃ˈsa(ɻ)/
* (Portugal) IPA: /dɨʃ.kɐ̃ˈsaɾ/
* (Portugal) IPA: /dɨʃ.kɐ̃ˈsaɾ/
** (Southern Portugal) IPA: /dɨʃ.kɐ̃ˈsa.ɾi/
* Hyphenation: des‧can‧sar

### Verb

descansar (first-person singular present descanso, first-person singular preterite descansei, past participle descansado)
* to rest
    Synonym: folgar

#### Conjugation

$^1$Brazilian Portuguese. $^2$European Portuguese.

## Spanish
### Etymology

From des- +‎ cansar, literally “de-tire”.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /deskanˈsaɾ/ [d̪es.kãnˈsaɾ]
* Rhymes: -aɾ
* Syllabification: des‧can‧sar

### Verb

descansar (first-person singular present descanso, first-person singular preterite descansé, past participle descansado)
* (intransitive) to rest, relax (be in a state of rest or inactivity)
* (intransitive, also figurative) to sit, to rest [with en ‘on something’]
** 1939 July, Emilio Altamirano Sanchez, “De La Subrogación Real”, in Revista de Derecho Jurisprudencia y Ciencias Sociales, volume 47:Hecho ya el análisis de los postulados sobre los cuales descansa la doctrina llamada clásica.(please add an English translation of this quotation)
** 2020 July 10, “Iglesias cree que “el debate sobre la utilidad de la Monarquía” crece pero ve difícil cambios a corto plazo”, in El País‎:El vicepresidente segundo, Pablo Iglesias, ha asegurado este viernes que no se pueden desvincular los delitos de Juan Carlos I de su condición de rey y que la legitimidad de Felipe VI “descansa precisamente” en que es hijo del exmonarca.The second vice-president, Pablo Iglesias, assured this Friday that the crimes of Juan Carlos I cannot be disassociated from his status as king and that the legitimacy of Felipe VI "rests precisely" on the fact that he is the son of the former monarch.
* (transitive) to rest (put into a state of rest)

#### Conjugation

$^1$Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language. $^2$Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.
These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.

#### Derived terms

* descansabrazos
* descansadero
* descansar en paz
* descansar haciendo adobes
* descanse en paz
* descanso
* que en paz descanse

### Further reading

* “descansar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10