estragar

Galician

Etymology

13th century. From Old Galician and Old Galician-Portuguese estragar, from Vulgar Latin *stragāre, from Latin strāges (“defeat, slaughter”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /estɾaˈɣaɾ/

Verb

1. (transitive) to spoil, damage, corrupt, waste
   • 1295, Ramón Lorenzo (ed.), La traducción gallega de la Crónica General y de la Crónica de Castilla. Ourense: I.E.O.P.F., page 11:

     ouverõ alj outrosi muy grãdes lides conos mouros, et uençerõnos et astragarõ toda essa terra a ferro et a fogo

     they had there other large battles with the Moors, and they defeated them and wasted all that land with fire and iron

   As chuvias estragaron a colleita. ― The rains ruined the harvest.

2. (takes a reflexive pronoun) to go bad (of foods and commodities)

   Esas laranxas estragáronse. ― These oranges have gone bad.

   Synonym: gorar

Derived terms

• estrago

References

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• “strag” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
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• “estragar” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

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Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese estragar, from Vulgar Latin *stragāre, from Latin *strago, from Latin strāges (“defeat, slaughter”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /iʃtɾɐˈɣaɾ/

Verb

1. to spoil, to damage, to corrupt, to ruin

   As chuvas estragaram a colheita. ― The rains ruined the harvest.

2. to botch, bungle

   Ele não estraga nada. ― He doesn't screw anything up.

3. to go bad (of foods and commodities)

   Essas laranjas estragaram. ― These oranges have gone bad.

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Spanish

Etymology

From Old Spanish estragar, from Vulgar Latin *stragāre, from Latin strāges (“defeat, slaughter”), from Proto-Indo-European *sterh₃- whence English strew and destroy.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /estɾaˈɡaɾ/ [es.t̪ɾaˈɣ̞aɾ]

Verb

1. to corrupt, ruin, spoil, ravage

Related terms

• estrago