defenestrar

From Latin dē (“from, out”) + fenestra (“window”).

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic)
• IPA^(key): (Valencia)
• Rhymes: -a(ɾ)
• Homophone: defenestrà

defenestrar (first-person singular present defenestro, first-person singular preterite defenestrí, past participle defenestrat); root stress: (Central, Valencia, Balearic) /e/

1. to defenestrate
2. (figuratively) to fire, to expel someone from a position of power

• Hyphenation: de‧fe‧nes‧trar

defenestrar (first-person singular present defenestro, first-person singular preterite defenestrei, past participle defenestrado)

1. (transitive) to defenestrate (eject from a window)

From Latin de- + fenestra (“window”).

• IPA^(key): /defenesˈtɾaɾ/
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: de‧fe‧nes‧trar

defenestrar (first-person singular present defenestro, first-person singular preterite defenestré, past participle defenestrado)

1. (transitive) to defenestrate
2. (transitive) to fire; to expel someone from a position of power

• “defenestrar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10