esfondrar
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Catalan
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Inherited from Vulgar Latin *exfunderāre. Compare French effondrer.
Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): (Central) [əs.funˈdɾa]
- IPA(key): (Balearic) [əs.fonˈdɾa]
- IPA(key): (Valencia) [es.fonˈdɾaɾ]
Verb
[edit]esfondrar (first-person singular present esfondro, first-person singular preterite esfondrí, past participle esfondrat); root stress: (Central, Valencia, Balearic) /o/
- (transitive) to make collapse, to destroy
- Synonym: enfonsar
- (figurative, transitive) to ruin
Conjugation
[edit] Conjugation of esfondrar (first conjugation)
Derived terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “esfondrar” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
- “esfondrar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.