deteriorar

Borrowed from Late Latin dēteriōrāre.

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

deteriorar (first-person singular present deterioro, first-person singular preterite deteriorí, past participle deteriorat); root stress: (Central, Valencia, Balearic) /o/

1. (transitive) to ruin, to spoil

   Synonym: espatllar

2. (reflexive) to deteriorate, to worsen

• deterioració
• deteriorament

• “deteriorar”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies , April 2007

Borrowed from Latin dēteriōrāre, from dēterior.

• Hyphenation: de‧te‧ri‧o‧rar

deteriorar (first-person singular present deterioro, first-person singular preterite deteriorei, past participle deteriorado)

1. to deteriorate, worsen
2. to damage, spoil

From Late Latin dēteriōrāre.

• IPA^(key): /deteɾjoˈɾaɾ/
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: de‧te‧rio‧rar

deteriorar (first-person singular present deterioro, first-person singular preterite deterioré, past participle deteriorado)

1. (transitive) to ruin, spoil

   Synonym: estropear

2. (reflexive) to worsen, deteriorate

• “deteriorar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy , 10 December 2024