# descarrilar
## Catalan
### Etymology

From des- +‎ carril +‎ -ar.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central, Balearic) [dəs.kə.riˈla]
* IPA: (Valencia) [des.ka.riˈlaɾ]

### Verb

descarrilar (first-person singular present descarrilo, first-person singular preterite descarrilí, past participle descarrilat)
* (intransitive, of a train) to derail (to come off the tracks)
* (transitive) to derail (to cause to deviate from a set course or direction)
** 2017 January 4, Ricardo Mir de Francia, “El CEO d'Exxon, molt pròxim a Rússia, dirigirà la diplomàcia d'EUA”, in El Periódico‎:N’hi hauria prou amb tres vots republicans en contra seva, units a l’oposició demòcrata en bloc, per descarrilar la seva designació.(please add an English translation of this quotation)

#### Derived terms

* descarrilament

### Further reading

* “descarrilar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
* “descarrilar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
* “descarrilar” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
* “descarrilar” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

## Portuguese
### Alternative forms

* descarrilhar

### Etymology

From des- +‎ carril +‎ -ar.

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /des.ka.ʁiˈla(ʁ)/ [des.ka.hiˈla(h)], /d͡ʒis.ka.ʁiˈla(ʁ)/ [d͡ʒis.ka.hiˈla(h)]
* (Brazil) IPA: /des.ka.ʁiˈla(ʁ)/ [des.ka.hiˈla(h)], /d͡ʒis.ka.ʁiˈla(ʁ)/ [d͡ʒis.ka.hiˈla(h)]
** (São Paulo) IPA: /des.ka.ʁiˈla(ɾ)/ [des.ka.hiˈla(ɾ)], /d͡ʒis.ka.ʁiˈla(ɾ)/ [d͡ʒis.ka.hiˈla(ɾ)]
** (Rio de Janeiro) IPA: /deʃ.ka.ʁiˈla(ʁ)/ [deʃ.ka.χiˈla(χ)], /d͡ʒiʃ.ka.ʁiˈla(ʁ)/ [d͡ʒiʃ.ka.χiˈla(χ)]
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /des.ka.ʁiˈla(ɻ)/ [des.ka.hiˈla(ɻ)]
* (Portugal) IPA: /dɨʃ.kɐ.ʁiˈlaɾ/
* (Portugal) IPA: /dɨʃ.kɐ.ʁiˈlaɾ/
** (Southern Portugal) IPA: /dɨʃ.kɐ.ʁiˈla.ɾi/
* Hyphenation: des‧car‧ri‧lar

### Verb

descarrilar (first-person singular present descarrilo, first-person singular preterite descarrilei, past participle descarrilado)
* (intransitive, of a train) to derail (to come off the tracks)
* (transitive) to derail (to cause a train to come off the tracks)

#### Conjugation

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

#### Derived terms

* descarrilamento
* descarrilador

### Further reading

* “descarrilar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

## Spanish
### Etymology

From des- +‎ carril +‎ -ar.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /deskariˈlaɾ/ [d̪es.ka.riˈlaɾ]
* Rhymes: -aɾ
* Syllabification: des‧ca‧rri‧lar

### Verb

descarrilar (first-person singular present descarrilo, first-person singular preterite descarrilé, past participle descarrilado)
* (intransitive, of a train) to derail (to come off the tracks)
    Synonym: desrielar (Latin American Spanish)

#### 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

* descarriladura
* descarrilamiento

### Further reading

* “descarrilar”, 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