detestar

Catalan

Etymology

From Latin detestor.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [də.təsˈta]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [de.tesˈtaɾ]

Verb

detestar (first-person singular present detesto, first-person singular preterite detestí, past participle detestat)

1. (transitive) to detest

Further reading

• “detestar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “detestar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
• “detestar” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “detestar” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

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Interlingua

Verb

detestar

1. to detest

Conjugation

    Conjugation of detestar

infinitive		detestar
participle		present	perfect
		detestante	detestate
active		simple	perfect
	present	detesta	ha detestate
	past	detestava	habeva detestate
	future	detestara	habera detestate
	conditional	detestarea	haberea detestate
	imperative	detesta
passive		simple	perfect
	present	es detestate	ha essite detestate
	past	esseva detestate	habeva essite detestate
	future	essera detestate	habera essite detestate
	conditional	esserea detestate	haberea essite detestate
	imperative	sia detestate

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Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin detestāri, detestor.

Verb

1. to detest, loathe, abominate
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Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:detestar.

See also

• abominar
• odiar

Further reading

• Template:R:Priberam

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Spanish

Etymology

From Latin detestāri, detestor.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /detesˈtaɾ/ [d̪e.t̪esˈt̪aɾ]

Verb

1. to detest, to loathe, to abominate

See also

• abominar
• desdeñar
• despreciar
• odiar

Further reading

• “detestar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014