desempate

See also: desempaté

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): (careful pronunciation) /de.zẽˈpa.t͡ʃi/, (natural pronunciation) /de.zĩˈpa.t͡ʃi/, (careful pronunciation) /d͡ʒi.zẽˈpa.t͡ʃi/, (natural pronunciation) /d͡ʒi.zĩˈpa.t͡ʃi/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): (careful pronunciation) /de.zẽˈpa.t͡ʃi/, (natural pronunciation) /de.zĩˈpa.t͡ʃi/, (careful pronunciation) /d͡ʒi.zẽˈpa.t͡ʃi/, (natural pronunciation) /d͡ʒi.zĩˈpa.t͡ʃi/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): (careful pronunciation) /de.zẽˈpa.te/, (natural pronunciation) /de.zĩˈpa.te/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /dɨ.zẽˈpa.tɨ/

Etymology 1

Noun

desempate m (plural desempates)

1. tiebreaker (something that is used to pick a winner from a tied situation)

Etymology 2

Verb

desempate

1. inflection of desempatar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative

Spanish

Etymology 1

Deverbal from desempatar.

Noun

desempate m (plural desempates)

1. tiebreak; tiebreaker

Etymology 2

Verb

desempate

1. inflection of desempatar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative

Further reading

• “desempate”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014