desfeita

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Galician

Etymology

From desfacer (“to undo, destroy”). Cognate with English defeat.

Pronunciation

Noun

desfeita m (plural desfeitas)

  1. mess
    Vaia desfeita! A arrombar o teu cuarto! ― What a mess! Clean your room!
  2. disaster
    Que desfeita! O pedrazo estragou a viña! ― What a disaster! The hail ravaged the vineyard!
  3. defeat
  4. cutting, quartering of a carcass

Adjective

desfeita f sg

  1. feminine singular of desfeito

Participle

desfeita

  1. feminine singular of desfeito

References

  • “desfeyto” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
  • “desfeyt” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
  • “desfeita” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
  • “desfeita” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
  • “desfeita” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 
 

  • Hyphenation: des‧fei‧ta

Noun

desfeita f (plural desfeitas)

  1. insult, disregard

Participle

desfeita f sg

  1. feminine singular of desfeito
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