destruir
See also: destruír
Catalan edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Latin dēstruere, with normal change of conjugation to -ir.
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
destruir (first-person singular present destrueixo, first-person singular preterite destruí, past participle destruït)
- to destroy
Conjugation edit
Conjugation of destruir (third conjugation, with -eix-)
Related terms edit
Portuguese edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese destruir, destroir, from Latin dēstruere (“to destroy”) (probably an early borrowing), from dē + struō (“to put together”).
Pronunciation edit
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /des.tɾuˈi(ʁ)/ [des.tɾʊˈi(h)], (faster pronunciation) /desˈtɾwi(ʁ)/ [desˈtɾwi(h)], /d͡ʒis.tɾuˈi(ʁ)/ [d͡ʒis.tɾʊˈi(h)], (faster pronunciation) /d͡ʒisˈtɾwi(ʁ)/ [d͡ʒisˈtɾwi(h)]
- (São Paulo) IPA(key): /des.tɾuˈi(ɾ)/ [des.tɾʊˈi(ɾ)], (faster pronunciation) /desˈtɾwi(ɾ)/, /d͡ʒis.tɾuˈi(ɾ)/ [d͡ʒis.tɾʊˈi(ɾ)], (faster pronunciation) /d͡ʒisˈtɾwi(ɾ)/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /deʃ.tɾuˈi(ʁ)/ [deʃ.tɾʊˈi(χ)], (faster pronunciation) /deʃˈtɾwi(ʁ)/ [deʃˈtɾwi(χ)], /d͡ʒiʃ.tɾuˈi(ʁ)/ [d͡ʒiʃ.tɾʊˈi(χ)], (faster pronunciation) /d͡ʒiʃˈtɾwi(ʁ)/ [d͡ʒiʃˈtɾwi(χ)]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /des.tɾuˈi(ɻ)/ [des.tɾʊˈi(ɻ)], (faster pronunciation) /desˈtɾwi(ɻ)/
Verb edit
destruir (first-person singular present destruo, first-person singular preterite destruí, past participle destruído)
- (transitive) to ruin, devastate (proceed with the destruction of, cause the destruction of)
- (transitive) to undo
- (transitive) to break down
- (transitive) to annihilate, exterminate
- (transitive) to extinguish (make disappear)
- (transitive, figuratively) to upset, disturb
- (intransitive) to crush (reduce to nothing)
Conjugation edit
Conjugation of destruir (irregular) (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)
Further reading edit
- “destruir” in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa. Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024.
- “destruir” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.
Spanish edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Latin dēstruere.[1]
Pronunciation edit
- IPA(key): /desˈtɾwiɾ/ [d̪esˈt̪ɾwiɾ], /destɾuˈiɾ/ [d̪es.t̪ɾuˈiɾ]
Audio (Colombia): (file) - Rhymes: -iɾ
- Syllabification: des‧truir, des‧tru‧ir
Verb edit
destruir (first-person singular present destruyo, first-person singular preterite destruí, past participle destruido)
Conjugation edit
Conjugation of destruir (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
Selected combined forms of destruir
These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.
Related terms edit
See also edit
References edit
- ^ Joan Coromines, José A. Pascual (1983–1991) Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos
Further reading edit
- “destruir”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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