desbaratar

Catalan

Etymology

From des- +‎ baratar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic)
• IPA^(key): (Valencian)

Verb

desbaratar (first-person singular present desbarato, first-person singular preterite desbaratí, past participle desbaratat)

1. (transitive) to spoil, to ruin

   Synonym: desfer

2. (transitive) to wreck, destroy
3. (transitive) to rout

   Synonym: derrotar

4. (transitive) to disassemble

   Synonym: descompondre

Conjugation

Derived terms

Further reading

• “desbaratar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

Portuguese

Etymology

From des- +‎ baratar. Compare Sicilian sbarattari.

Pronunciation

Verb

desbaratar (first-person singular present desbarato, first-person singular preterite desbaratei, past participle desbaratado)

1. (transitive) to squander, to dissipate
2. (transitive) to disperse
3. (transitive) defeat
4. (transitive) to destroy
5. (transitive) to mess up, to disorder
6. (transitive) to sell cheaply
7. (reflexive) to become ruined
8. (reflexive) to disperse
9. (reflexive) to get disordered, to get messed up

Conjugation

References

• “desbaratar” in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa.
• “desbaratar” in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa. Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024.

Spanish

Etymology

From des- +‎ baratar (“to barter”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /desbaɾaˈtaɾ/
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: des‧ba‧ra‧tar

Verb

desbaratar (first-person singular present desbarato, first-person singular preterite desbaraté, past participle desbaratado)

1. to debunk
2. to ruin, destroy
3. to spoil
4. to rout

Conjugation

Derived terms

Further reading

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