decido

Asturian

Verb

decido

1. first-person singular present indicative of decidir

Esperanto

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /deˈt͡sido/

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• Rhymes: -ido
• Syllabification: de‧ci‧do

Noun

decido (accusative singular decidon, plural decidoj, accusative plural decidojn)

1. decision
   • 2025 September 29, Jorge Nogueras, “La plej mallonga tago”, in uea.facila‎^[1], archived from the original on 12 December 2025:

     Mikronovelo estas eĉ pli mallonga: ekzemple ĝi povus konsisti el nur 500 vortoj; aŭ 300; aŭ precize 100 vortoj, kiel la ekzemplo sube; laŭ la decido de la verkisto.

     A micro-novella is even shorter: for example it could consist of only 500 words; or 300; or precisely 100 words, like the example below; according to the decision of the author.

Further reading

• “decido”, in Plena Ilustrita Vortaro de Esperanto [Complete Illustrated Dictionary of Esperanto], 2020, →ISBN
• “decido”, in Reta Vortaro [Online Dictionary] (in Esperanto), 1997-2026

Galician

Etymology 1

Participle

decido (feminine decida, masculine plural decidos, feminine plural decidas)

1. past participle of decer

Etymology 2

Verb

decido

1. first-person singular present indicative of decidir

Ido

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /deˈt͡sido/

Noun

decido (plural decidi)

1. decision

Italian

Verb

decido

1. first-person singular present indicative of decidere

Anagrams

• dedico, dedicò

Latin

Etymology 1

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *de

Proto-Indo-European *-h₁

Proto-Indo-European *déh₁

Proto-Italic *dē

Latin dē

Latin dē-

Proto-Indo-European *ḱad-

Proto-Indo-European *-eti

Proto-Indo-European *ḱádeti

Proto-Italic *kadō

Latin cadō

Latin dēcidō

From dē- (“down from”) + cadō (“to fall”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈdeː.kɪ.doː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈdɛː.t͡ʃi.do]

Verb

dēcidō (present infinitive dēcidere, perfect active dēcidī); third conjugation, no passive, no supine stem

1. (intransitive) to fall down or off; collapse; drop, hang down
2. (intransitive) to die, fall dead
3. (intransitive, figuratively) to sink, perish

Conjugation

   Conjugation of dēcidō (third conjugation, no passive, no supine stem)

indicative	singular	plural
first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	dēcidō	dēcidis	dēcidit	dēcidimus	dēciditis	dēcidunt
imperfect	dēcidēbam	dēcidēbās	dēcidēbat	dēcidēbāmus	dēcidēbātis	dēcidēbant
future	dēcidam	dēcidēs	dēcidet	dēcidēmus	dēcidētis	dēcident
perfect	dēcidī	dēcidistī	dēcidit	dēcidimus	dēcidistis	dēcidērunt, dēcidēre
pluperfect	dēcideram	dēciderās	dēciderat	dēciderāmus	dēciderātis	dēciderant
future perfect	dēciderō	dēcideris	dēciderit	dēciderimus	dēcideritis	dēciderint
subjunctive	singular	plural
first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	dēcidam	dēcidās	dēcidat	dēcidāmus	dēcidātis	dēcidant
imperfect	dēciderem	dēciderēs	dēcideret	dēciderēmus	dēciderētis	dēciderent
perfect	dēciderim	dēciderīs	dēciderit	dēciderīmus	dēciderītis	dēciderint
pluperfect	dēcidissem	dēcidissēs	dēcidisset	dēcidissēmus	dēcidissētis	dēcidissent
imperative	singular	plural
first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	dēcide	—	—	dēcidite	—
future	—	dēciditō	dēciditō	—	dēciditōte	dēciduntō
non-finite forms	infinitive	participle
active	passive	active	passive
present	dēcidere	—	dēcidēns	—
perfect	dēcidisse	—	—	—
verbal nouns	gerund	supine
genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
dēcidendī	dēcidendō	dēcidendum	dēcidendō	—	—

Derived terms

• dēciduus

Related terms

• accidō
• cadō
• concidō
• excidō
• incidō
• intercidō
• occidō
• prōcidō
• recidō
• succidō

Descendants

Reflexes of an assumed variant *dēcadere (showing etymological recomposition):

• Balkano-Romance:
  • Romanian: decădea
• Italo-Romance:
  • Italian: decadere, dicadere (archaic)
• Gallo-Romance:
  • Catalan: decaure
  • Old French: decheoir (see there for further descendants)
• Ibero-Romance:
  • Portuguese: decair
  • Spanish: decaer

Etymology 2

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *de

Proto-Indo-European *-h₁

Proto-Indo-European *déh₁

Proto-Italic *dē

Latin dē

Latin dē-

Proto-Indo-European *kh₂eyd-

Proto-Indo-European *-eti

Proto-Indo-European *kh₂éydeti

Proto-Italic *kaidō

Latin caedō

Latin dēcīdō

From dē- (“down from”) + caedō (“to cut”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [deːˈkiː.doː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [deˈt͡ʃiː.do]

Verb

dēcīdō (present infinitive dēcīdere, perfect active dēcīdī, supine dēcīsum); third conjugation

1. to cut off or away; clip; reduce, diminish
2. to beat severely, cudgel soundly, thrash

   Synonym: concīdō

3. (figuratively) to decide, determine, settle, terminate, put an end to; agree

Conjugation

   Conjugation of dēcīdō (third conjugation)

indicative	singular	plural
first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	dēcīdō	dēcīdis	dēcīdit	dēcīdimus	dēcīditis	dēcīdunt
imperfect	dēcīdēbam	dēcīdēbās	dēcīdēbat	dēcīdēbāmus	dēcīdēbātis	dēcīdēbant
future	dēcīdam	dēcīdēs	dēcīdet	dēcīdēmus	dēcīdētis	dēcīdent
perfect	dēcīdī	dēcīdistī	dēcīdit	dēcīdimus	dēcīdistis	dēcīdērunt, dēcīdēre
pluperfect	dēcīderam	dēcīderās	dēcīderat	dēcīderāmus	dēcīderātis	dēcīderant
future perfect	dēcīderō	dēcīderis	dēcīderit	dēcīderimus	dēcīderitis	dēcīderint
passive	present	dēcīdor	dēcīderis, dēcīdere	dēcīditur	dēcīdimur	dēcīdiminī	dēcīduntur
imperfect	dēcīdēbar	dēcīdēbāris, dēcīdēbāre	dēcīdēbātur	dēcīdēbāmur	dēcīdēbāminī	dēcīdēbantur
future	dēcīdar	dēcīdēris, dēcīdēre	dēcīdētur	dēcīdēmur	dēcīdēminī	dēcīdentur
perfect	dēcīsus + present active indicative of sum
pluperfect	dēcīsus + imperfect active indicative of sum
future perfect	dēcīsus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive	singular	plural
first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	dēcīdam	dēcīdās	dēcīdat	dēcīdāmus	dēcīdātis	dēcīdant
imperfect	dēcīderem	dēcīderēs	dēcīderet	dēcīderēmus	dēcīderētis	dēcīderent
perfect	dēcīderim	dēcīderīs	dēcīderit	dēcīderīmus	dēcīderītis	dēcīderint
pluperfect	dēcīdissem	dēcīdissēs	dēcīdisset	dēcīdissēmus	dēcīdissētis	dēcīdissent
passive	present	dēcīdar	dēcīdāris, dēcīdāre	dēcīdātur	dēcīdāmur	dēcīdāminī	dēcīdantur
imperfect	dēcīderer	dēcīderēris, dēcīderēre	dēcīderētur	dēcīderēmur	dēcīderēminī	dēcīderentur
perfect	dēcīsus + present active subjunctive of sum
pluperfect	dēcīsus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative	singular	plural
first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	dēcīde	—	—	dēcīdite	—
future	—	dēcīditō	dēcīditō	—	dēcīditōte	dēcīduntō
passive	present	—	dēcīdere	—	—	dēcīdiminī	—
future	—	dēcīditor	dēcīditor	—	—	dēcīduntor
non-finite forms	infinitive	participle
active	passive	active	passive
present	dēcīdere	dēcīdī	dēcīdēns	—
future	dēcīsūrum esse	dēcīsum īrī	dēcīsūrus	dēcīdendus, dēcīdundus
perfect	dēcīdisse	dēcīsum esse	—	dēcīsus
future perfect	—	dēcīsum fore	—	—
perfect potential	dēcīsūrum fuisse	—	—	—
verbal nouns	gerund	supine
genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
dēcīdendī	dēcīdendō	dēcīdendum	dēcīdendō	dēcīsum	dēcīsū

Derived terms

• dēcīsiō
• dēcīsus

Related terms

• abscīdō
• accīdō
• caedō
• circumcīdō
• concīdō
• discīdō
• excīdō
• incīdō
• intercīdō
• occīdō
• percīdō
• praecīdō
• procīdō
• recīdō
• succīdō
• trānscīdō

Descendants

• → Asturian: decidir
• → Catalan: decidir
• → Esperanto: decidi
  • Ido: decidar
• →? Franco-Provençal: dècidre
• → Friulian: decidi
• → Galician: decidir
• → Italian: decidere
• → Occitan: decidir
• → Old French: decider
  • Middle French: décider
    • French: décider
      • Haitian Creole: deside
      • → Romanian: decide
  • → Middle English: deciden
    • English: decide
• → Piedmontese: decide
• → Portuguese: decidir
• → Romanian: decide
• → Spanish: decidir

References

• “decido”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “decido”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “decido”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894), Latin Phrase-Book‎^[2], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to fall to the earth: in terram cadere, decidere
    
• decido in Ramminger, Johann (16 July 2016 (last accessed)), Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎^[3], pre-publication website, 2005-2016

Portuguese

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /deˈsi.du/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /dɨˈsi.du/ [dɨˈsi.ðu]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /dɨˈsi.du/ [dɨˈsi.ðu]
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /dɨˈsi.du/

Verb

decido

1. first-person singular present indicative of decidir

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /deˈθido/ [d̪eˈθi.ð̞o] (Equatorial Guinea, Spain)
• IPA^(key): /deˈsido/ [d̪eˈsi.ð̞o] (Latin America, Philippines)
• Rhymes: -ido
• Syllabification: de‧ci‧do

Verb

decido

1. first-person singular present indicative of decidir