destruir
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See also: destruír
Catalan[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Latin dēstruere, with normal change of conjugation to -ir.
Pronunciation[edit]
Verb[edit]
destruir (first-person singular present destrueixo, first-person singular preterite destruí, past participle destruït)
- to destroy
Conjugation[edit]
Conjugation of destruir (third conjugation, with -eix-)
Related terms[edit]
Portuguese[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese destruir, destroir, from Latin dēstruere (“to destroy”) (probably an early borrowing), from dē + struō (“to put together”).
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /des.tɾuˈi(ʁ)/ [des.tɾʊˈi(h)], (faster pronunciation) /desˈtɾwi(ʁ)/ [desˈtɾwi(h)], /d͡ʒis.tɾuˈi(ʁ)/ [d͡ʒis.tɾʊˈi(h)], (faster pronunciation) /d͡ʒisˈtɾwi(ʁ)/ [d͡ʒisˈtɾwi(h)]
- (São Paulo) IPA(key): /des.tɾuˈi(ɾ)/ [des.tɾʊˈi(ɾ)], (faster pronunciation) /desˈtɾwi(ɾ)/, /d͡ʒis.tɾuˈi(ɾ)/ [d͡ʒis.tɾʊˈi(ɾ)], (faster pronunciation) /d͡ʒisˈtɾwi(ɾ)/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /deʃ.tɾuˈi(ʁ)/ [deʃ.tɾʊˈi(χ)], (faster pronunciation) /deʃˈtɾwi(ʁ)/ [deʃˈtɾwi(χ)], /d͡ʒiʃ.tɾuˈi(ʁ)/ [d͡ʒiʃ.tɾʊˈi(χ)], (faster pronunciation) /d͡ʒiʃˈtɾwi(ʁ)/ [d͡ʒiʃˈtɾwi(χ)]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /des.tɾuˈi(ɻ)/ [des.tɾʊˈi(ɻ)], (faster pronunciation) /desˈtɾwi(ɻ)/
Verb[edit]
destruir (first-person singular present destruo, first-person singular preterite destruí, past participle destruído)
- (transitive) to ruin, devastate (proceed with the destruction of, cause the destruction of)
- (transitive) to undo
- (transitive) to break down
- (transitive) to annihilate, exterminate
- (transitive) to extinguish (make disappear)
- (transitive, figuratively) to upset, disturb
- (intransitive) to crush (reduce to nothing)
Conjugation[edit]
Conjugation of destruir (irregular) (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)
Further reading[edit]
- “destruir” in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa. Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024.
- “destruir” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.
Spanish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Latin dēstruere.[1]
Pronunciation[edit]
- IPA(key): /desˈtɾwiɾ/ [d̪esˈt̪ɾwiɾ], /destɾuˈiɾ/ [d̪es.t̪ɾuˈiɾ]
Audio (Colombia): (file) - Rhymes: -iɾ
- Syllabification: des‧truir, des‧tru‧ir
Verb[edit]
destruir (first-person singular present destruyo, first-person singular preterite destruí, past participle destruido)
Conjugation[edit]
Conjugation of destruir (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
Selected combined forms of destruir
These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.
Related terms[edit]
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ Joan Coromines, José A. Pascual (1983–1991) Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos
Further reading[edit]
- “destruir”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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