derrota

See also: derrotá and derrotà

Catalan

Verb

derrota

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Galician

Noun

derrota f (plural derrotas)

1. defeat

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Portuguese

Etymology

Back-formation 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, […]

Verb

derrota

1. Template:pt-verb-form-of

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Spanish

Etymology 1

From derromper.

Noun

derrota f (plural derrotas)

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

Synonyms

• derrotero

Etymology 2

Metonymically from rota (“wheel”), in the sense of retreat, with influence from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] French déroute (“rout”).

Noun

derrota f (plural derrotas)

1. defeat

Verb

derrota

1. Informal second-person singular (tú) affirmative imperative form of derrotar.
2. Formal second-person singular (usted) present indicative form of derrotar.
3. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present indicative form of derrotar.