deteriorar
Catalan
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Learned borrowing from Late Latin dēteriōrāre.
Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): (Northern, Central) [də.tə.ɾi.uˈɾa]
- IPA(key): (Balearic) [də.tə.ɾi.oˈɾa]
- IPA(key): (Valencia) [de.te.ɾi.oˈɾaɾ]
- IPA(key): (Northwestern) [de.te.ɾi.oˈɾa]
Audio (Barcelona): (file) - Rhymes: -a(ɾ)
Verb
[edit]deteriorar (first-person singular present deterioro, first-person singular preterite deteriorí, past participle deteriorat); root stress: (Northern) /u/; (Balearic, Central, Northwestern, Valencia) /o/
- (transitive) to ruin, to spoil
- Synonym: espatllar
- (reflexive) to deteriorate, to worsen
Conjugation
[edit]Related terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “deteriorar”, 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
Portuguese
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Latin dēteriōrāre, from dēterior.
Pronunciation
[edit]
- Hyphenation: de‧te‧ri‧o‧rar
Verb
[edit]deteriorar (first-person singular present deterioro, first-person singular preterite deteriorei, past participle deteriorado)
- to deteriorate, worsen
- to damage, spoil
Conjugation
[edit]1Brazilian Portuguese.
2European Portuguese.
Further reading
[edit]- “deteriorar”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
- “deteriorar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026
Spanish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Learned borrowing from Late Latin dēteriōrāre. First attested in early 15th c..
Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]deteriorar (first-person singular present deterioro, first-person singular preterite deterioré, past participle deteriorado)
- (transitive) to ruin, spoil
- Synonym: estropear
- (reflexive) to worsen, deteriorate
Conjugation
[edit]These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.
Related terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “deteriorar”, 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
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