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Portuguese
Verb
menoscabo
- 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)
- reduction (effect of diminishing)
- 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.- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
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.
- dishonor
Etymology 2
Verb
menoscabo
- first-person singular present indicative of menoscabar
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