bancarrota

Catalan

Etymology

From Italian bancarotta.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Northern) [bəŋ.kəˈro̞.tə]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic, Central) [bəŋ.kəˈrɔ.tə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia, Northwestern) [baŋ.kaˈrɔ.ta]

• Audio (Barcelona):

  (file)

Noun

bancarrota f (plural bancarrotes)

1. bankruptcy

   Synonym: fallida

Derived terms

• bancarroter

Further reading

• “bancarrota”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007

Galician

Etymology

From Italian bancarotta.

Noun

bancarrota f (plural bancarrotas)

1. bankruptcy

   Synonyms: quebra, creba

Further reading

• “bancarrota”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2026

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• banca-rota (obsolete)

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *bʰeg-der.

Proto-Germanic *bankiz

Proto-West Germanic *banki

Lombardic bankbor.

Italian banca

Italian rotta

Italian bancarottabor.

Portuguese bancarrota

Borrowed from Italian bancarotta.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /bɐ̃.kaˈʁɔ.tɐ/ [bɐ̃.kaˈhɔ.tɐ]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /bɐ̃.kaˈʁɔ.tɐ/ [bɐ̃.kaˈhɔ.tɐ]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /bɐ̃.kaˈʁɔ.tɐ/ [bɐ̃.kaˈχɔ.tɐ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /bɐ̃.kɐˈʁɔ.tɐ/

• Rhymes: -ɔtɐ
• Hyphenation: ban‧car‧ro‧ta

Noun

bancarrota f (plural bancarrotas)

1. bankruptcy (legally declared or recognized condition of insolvency)

   Synonym: falência

Further reading

• “bancarrota”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “bancarrota”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026
• “bancarrota”, in Dicionário Infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2026

Spanish

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *bʰeg-der.

Proto-Germanic *bankiz

Proto-West Germanic *banki

Lombardic bankbor.

Italian banca

Italian rotta

Italian bancarottabor.

Spanish bancarrota

Borrowed from Italian bancarotta.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bankaˈrota/ [bãŋ.kaˈro.t̪a]
• Rhymes: -ota
• Syllabification: ban‧ca‧rro‧ta

Noun

bancarrota f (plural bancarrotas)

1. bankruptcy

   Synonym: quiebra

Descendants

• → Cebuano: bangkarota
• → Tagalog: bangkarote

Further reading

• “bancarrota”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025