defenestrare

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See also: defenestraré

Italian

Etymology

From French défenestrer.

Verb

defenestràre (first-person singular present defenèstro, first-person singular past historic defenestrài, past participle defenestràto, auxiliary avére) (transitive, literary)

  1. (rare) to throw out of a window; to defenestrate
  2. to remove from a position, office, etc.
    Synonyms: cacciare, deporre, destituire, licenziare, spodestare
    • 2020 August 10, Antonello Guerrera, “McDonald's fa causa al suo ex amministratore delegato: "Ha nascosto le relazioni con le dipendenti" [McDonald's sues its former CEO: "He hid relationships with employees"]”, in la Repubblica:
      Allora, Easterbrook era stato defenestrato con una buonuscita di circa 580mila euro e un bel pacchetto di azioni che, secondo i conti di Bloomberg, arriverebbero a un valore pari a circa 35 milioni di euro.
      At the time, Easterbrook had been ousted with a severance payment of about 580 thousand euro and a nice package of shares which, according to Bloomberg's accounts, would come out to a value of around 35 million euro.

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Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French défénestrer.

Noun

defenestrare f (plural defenestrări)

  1. defenestration

Declension

References

  • defenestrare in Academia Română, Micul dicționar academic, ediția a II-a, Bucharest: Univers Enciclopedic, 2010. →ISBN

Spanish

Verb

defenestrare

  1. first/third-person singular future subjunctive of defenestrar