desempatar

From des- +‎ empatar.

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

desempatar (first-person singular present desempato, first-person singular preterite desempatí, past participle desempatat)

1. (transitive, intransitive) to break a tie, to act as a tiebreaker, to break the deadlock

• “desempatar” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
• “desempatar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
• “desempatar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

From des- +‎ empatar.

• Hyphenation: de‧sem‧pa‧tar

desempatar (first-person singular present desempato, first-person singular preterite desempatei, past participle desempatado)

1. (transitive) to break the tie in, to decide (a vote, a game)
2. (intransitive) to break a tie
3. (transitive) to resolve, to remove obstacles in

   Synonym: resolver

   Antonyms: embaraçar, estorver

4. (intransitive) to take action, to resolve an impasse

• “desempatar”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2024
• “desempatar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024

From des- +‎ empate +‎ -ar.

• IPA^(key): /desempaˈtaɾ/
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: de‧sem‧pa‧tar

desempatar (first-person singular present desempato, first-person singular preterite desempaté, past participle desempatado)

1. (transitive, intransitive) to break a tie, to act as a tiebreaker, to break the deadlock

• “desempatar”, 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