derrota

See also: derrotá and derrotà

Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Northern) [dəˈro̞.tə]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic, Central) [dəˈrɔ.tə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia, Northwestern) [deˈrɔ.ta]

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Etymology 1

Deverbal from derrotar.

Noun

derrota f (plural derrotes)

1. rout

   Synonym: esvaïda

2. defeat, downfall, (sports) loss
3. (nautical) course

   Synonym: ruta

Derived terms

• derroter
• derrotisme
• derrotista

Etymology 2

Verb

derrota

1. inflection of derrotar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Galician

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /deˈrɔta/ [d̪eˈrɔ.t̪ɐ]
• Rhymes: -ɔta
• Hyphenation: de‧rro‧ta

Noun

derrota f (plural derrotas)

1. defeat

Further reading

• “derrota”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2026
• “derrota”, in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (in Galician), 2014–2026

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /deˈʁɔ.tɐ/ [deˈhɔ.tɐ]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /deˈʁɔ.tɐ/ [deˈhɔ.tɐ]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /deˈʁɔ.tɐ/ [deˈχɔ.tɐ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /dɨˈʁɔ.tɐ/

• Rhymes: -ɔtɐ

Etymology 1

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁

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Proto-Indo-European *trísinflu.

Proto-Indo-European *d(w)is-

Proto-Italic *dis-

Latin dis-

Old French des-

Middle French des-

Proto-Indo-European *de

Proto-Indo-European *-h₁

Proto-Indo-European *déh₁

Proto-Italic *dē

Latin dē

Latin dē-lbor.

French dé-

Proto-Indo-European *Hrew-?

Proto-Indo-European *Hrewp-

Proto-Indo-European *-né-

Proto-Indo-European *Hrunépti

Latin rumpō

Latin ruptus

Latin rupta

Old French rote

French route

Proto-Italic *-āzi

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Latin -ereinflu.

Latin -āre

Old French -ier

Middle French -er

French -er

French dérouter

Portuguese derrotardeverb.

Portuguese derrota

Deverbal from derrotar.

Noun

derrota f (plural derrotas)

1. defeat
2. (nautical) route (course travelled by a ship)
   • 1614, Fernão Mendes Pinto, Peregrinaçam, page 3:

     E velejando todas eſtas naos por ſua derrota prouue a noſſo Senhor que chegarão a ſaluamento a Moçambique, […]

     And our Lord was pleased that all of these ships sailing through their route reached the safety of Mozambique, […]

Etymology 2

Verb

derrota

1. inflection of derrotar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

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

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /deˈrota/ [d̪eˈro.t̪a]
• Rhymes: -ota
• Syllabification: de‧rro‧ta

Etymology 1

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “How did the semantic shift from "broken" to "band/troop" happen?”) Borrowed from French déroute (“rout”), from Old French desroter (“to disband, to disperse”), from rote, route (“band, company, troop, group of armed men”), originally a substantivized feminine of rout (literally “broken”), from Latin ruptus, perfect passive participle of rumpō (“to break”). Merged with existing Spanish rota (“rout, military defeat”), from the same Latin verb.

Noun

derrota f (plural derrotas)

1. defeat [from 16th century]

   Synonym: vencimiento

Participle

derrota f sg

1. feminine singular of derroto

Etymology 2

From derromper.

Noun

derrota f (plural derrotas)

1. path, route, track
2. (nautical) course

   Synonyms: derrotero, rota

Etymology 3

Verb

derrota

1. inflection of derrotar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

• “derrota”, 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