deprecar

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Galician[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Latin dēprecārī, present active infinitive of dēprecor (I avert, ward off, deprecate).

Verb[edit]

deprecar (first-person singular present depreco, first-person singular preterite deprequei, past participle deprecado)

  1. to entreat, implore
  2. to deprecate

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Portuguese[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Latin dēprecārī (to avert, to ward off, to deprecate). The computing sense is a calque of English deprecate.

Pronunciation[edit]

 
 

  • Hyphenation: de‧pre‧car

Verb[edit]

deprecar (first-person singular present depreco, first-person singular preterite deprequei, past participle deprecado)

  1. to beg, to supplicate
    Synonyms: implorar, suplicar
  2. (anglicism, chiefly computing) to deprecate (to declare something obsolescent; to recommend against a function, technique, command, etc. that still works but has been replaced)

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Spanish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Latin dēprecārī (to avert, ward off, deprecate).

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /depɾeˈkaɾ/ [d̪e.pɾeˈkaɾ]
  • Rhymes: -aɾ
  • Syllabification: de‧pre‧car

Verb[edit]

deprecar (first-person singular present depreco, first-person singular preterite deprequé, past participle deprecado)

  1. to entreat, implore
  2. to deprecate

Conjugation[edit]

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