menoscabo

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See also: menoscabó

Portuguese

Verb

menoscabo

  1. first-person singular present indicative of menoscabar

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /menosˈkabo/
  • Rhymes: -abo
  • Syllabification: me‧nos‧ca‧bo

Etymology 1

From menos +‎ cabo.

Noun

menoscabo m (plural menoscabos)

  1. reduction (effect of diminishing)
  2. deterioration, decline
    • 2020 February 28, “Sánchez promete “igualdad entre los territorios” tras abrir la negociación con la Generalitat”, in La Vanguardia:
      Con esta visita, el presidente del Gobierno quiere lanzar dos mensajes: que ni el diálogo territorial que asegura que impulsará en esta legislatura se acaba en Catalunya, ni la atención especial que depara a intentar encauzar el conflicto político catalán irá en menoscabo del resto de territorios de España, ni mucho menos les perjudicará.
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    • 2020 November 15, Xavier Vidal-Folch, “Visca el català!”, in El País, retrieved 2020-11-16:
      Ese paralelismo sugiere que ambas expansiones funcionan sin menoscabo mutuo, que no hay suma cero, que ambos idiomas —y, sobre todo, sus dueños— son ganadores.
      That parallelism suggests that both expansions function without diminishing each other, that there is no zero-sum game, that both languages--and, above all, those who have mastered them--are winners.
  3. dishonor

Etymology 2

Verb

menoscabo

  1. first-person singular present indicative of menoscabar

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