derrotar
Catalan edit
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
derrotar (first-person singular present derroto, first-person singular preterite derrotí, past participle derrotat); root stress: (Central, Valencian, Balearic) /ɔ/
- to defeat
Conjugation edit
Conjugation of derrotar (first conjugation)
Portuguese edit
Etymology edit
From French dérouter (“to deroute, derail”).
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
derrotar (first-person singular present derroto, first-person singular preterite derrotei, past participle derrotado)
- (transitive) to defeat
- (takes a reflexive pronoun) to ruin oneself
- 1999, Carlos Vale Ferraz, O livro das maravilhas: anais dos tristes acontecimentos do milénio, Noticias Editorial, →ISBN:
- Que aconteceu, meu rapaz? Derrotei-me a mim próprio e até, para não expor a minha miséria às gerações que devem ser educadas no respeito pelos corajosos, levei as minhas cinzas para a catedral por um caminho esconso! Que me ficou ...
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Conjugation edit
Conjugation of derrotar (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)
1Brazilian Portuguese.
2European Portuguese.
Derived terms edit
Spanish edit
Etymology edit
From derrota.
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
derrotar (first-person singular present derroto, first-person singular preterite derroté, past participle derrotado)
- to defeat
Conjugation edit
Conjugation of derrotar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
Selected combined forms of derrotar
These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.
Further reading edit
- “derrotar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014