defenestrar
Catalan edit
Etymology edit
From Latin dē (“from, out”) + fenestra (“window”).
Pronunciation edit
- IPA(key): (Central, Balearic) [də.fə.nəsˈtɾa]
- IPA(key): (Valencian) [de.fe.nesˈtɾaɾ]
- Rhymes: -a(ɾ)
- Homophone: defenestrà
Verb edit
defenestrar (first-person singular present defenestro, first-person singular preterite defenestrí, past participle defenestrat); root stress: (Central, Valencian, Balearic) /e/
- to defenestrate
- (figuratively) to fire, to expel someone from a position of power
Conjugation edit
Conjugation of defenestrar (first conjugation)
Portuguese edit
Pronunciation edit
- Hyphenation: de‧fe‧nes‧trar
Verb edit
defenestrar (first-person singular present defenestro, first-person singular preterite defenestrei, past participle defenestrado)
- (transitive) to defenestrate (eject from a window)
Conjugation edit
Conjugation of defenestrar (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)
1Brazilian Portuguese.
2European Portuguese.
Spanish edit
Etymology edit
From Latin de- + fenestra (“window”).
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
defenestrar (first-person singular present defenestro, first-person singular preterite defenestré, past participle defenestrado)
- (transitive) to defenestrate
- (transitive) to fire; to expel someone from a position of power
Conjugation edit
Conjugation of defenestrar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
Selected combined forms of defenestrar
These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.
Related terms edit
Further reading edit
- “defenestrar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014