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sedimentar
sediment
sediment
matter that settles to the bottom of a liquid
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-ar
verb suffix
Sedimentar means to sediment and can be thought of as sediment0 + -ar1. It's the action of matter settling to the bottom of a liquid0, formed into a verb1.
verb
  1. sediment
    To settle as sediment
    Las partículas comenzaron a sedimentar en el fondo del río. // The particles began to settle at the bottom of the river.