descansar

descansar (first-person singular indicative present descanso, past participle descansáu)

1. (intransitive) to rest (intransitive: take repose)

• reposar

• descansu

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

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [dəs.kənˈsa]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [des.kanˈsaɾ]

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

1. to rest

• descans

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

• Hyphenation: des‧can‧sar

descansar (first-person singular present descanso, first-person singular preterite descansei, past participle descansado)

1. to rest

   Synonym: folgar

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

• IPA^(key): /deskanˈsaɾ/ [d̪es.kãnˈsaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: des‧can‧sar

descansar (first-person singular present descanso, first-person singular preterite descansé, past participle descansado)

1. (intransitive) to rest, relax (be in a state of rest or inactivity)
2. (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^[1]:

     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.

3. (transitive) to rest (put into a state of rest)

• “descansar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28