esfondrar
Catalan edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Vulgar Latin *exfunderāre. Compare French effondrer.
Pronunciation edit
- IPA(key): (Central) [əs.funˈdɾa]
- IPA(key): (Balearic) [əs.fonˈdɾa]
- IPA(key): (Valencian) [es.fonˈdɾaɾ]
Verb edit
esfondrar (first-person singular present esfondro, first-person singular preterite esfondrí, past participle esfondrat); root stress: (Central, Valencian, Balearic) /o/
- (transitive) to make collapse, to destroy
- Synonym: enfonsar
- (figurative, transitive) to ruin
Conjugation edit
Conjugation of esfondrar (first conjugation)
Derived terms edit
Further reading edit
- “esfondrar” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
- “esfondrar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.