pérdida

See also: perdida

Spanish

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *perdita, from the feminine of Latin perditus. Coromines & Pascual regard it as a semi-learned rather than popular form. Romance cognates include Portuguese perda, Italian perdita, French perte.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpeɾdida/ [ˈpeɾ.ð̞i.ð̞a]

• Audio (Peru):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -eɾdida
• Syllabification: pér‧di‧da

Noun

pérdida f (plural pérdidas)

1. loss
2. leak

   Synonym: derrame

Derived terms

• ganancias y pérdidas

 

Related terms

• perder

 

References

• Joan Coromines, José A[ntonio] Pascual (1985) “perder”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico [Critic Castilian and Hispanic Etymological Dictionary] (in Spanish), volume IV (Me–Re), Madrid: Gredos, →ISBN, page 488

Further reading

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