Latin

Verb

dēcertō ‎(present infinitive dēcertāre, perfect active dēcertāvī, supine dēcertātum); first conjugation

1. I fight (to the finish)
2. I contend, dispute or argue
   • 100 BCE – 44 BCE, Julius Caesar, Commentarii de Bello Gallico 1.44

     Si iterum experiri velint, se iterum paratum esse decertare; si pace uti velint, iniquum esse de stipendio recusare, quod sua voluntate ad id tempus pependerint.

     If they chose to make a second trial, he was ready to encounter them again; but if they chose to enjoy peace, it was unfair to refuse the tribute, which of their own free-will they had paid up to that time.

Inflection

References

• decerto in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• decerto in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “decerto”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to fight a decisive battle: proelio, armis decertare (B. G. 1. 50)
    

Portuguese

Etymology

de +‎ certo.

Pronunciation

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /dɨ.ˈsɛɾ.tu/
• Hyphenation: de‧cer‧to

Adverb

decerto (not comparable)

1. certainly