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destruir

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See also: destruír

Catalan

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Latin dēstruere, with normal change of conjugation to -ir.

Pronunciation

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Verb

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destruir (first-person singular present destrueixo, first-person singular preterite destruí, past participle destruït)

  1. (transitive) to destroy

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Portuguese

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Etymology

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Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese destruir, destroir, from Latin dēstruere (“to destroy”) (probably an early borrowing), from dē + struō (“to put together”).

Pronunciation

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  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /des.tɾuˈi(ʁ)/ [des.tɾuˈi(h)], (faster) /desˈtɾwi(ʁ)/ [desˈtɾwi(h)], /d͡ʒis.tɾuˈi(ʁ)/ [d͡ʒis.tɾuˈi(h)], (faster) /d͡ʒisˈtɾwi(ʁ)/ [d͡ʒisˈtɾwi(h)]
    • (São Paulo) IPA(key): /des.tɾuˈi(ɾ)/, (faster) /desˈtɾwi(ɾ)/, /d͡ʒis.tɾuˈi(ɾ)/, (faster) /d͡ʒisˈtɾwi(ɾ)/
    • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /deʃ.tɾuˈi(ʁ)/ [deʃ.tɾuˈi(χ)], (faster) /deʃˈtɾwi(ʁ)/ [deʃˈtɾwi(χ)], /d͡ʒiʃ.tɾuˈi(ʁ)/ [d͡ʒiʃ.tɾuˈi(χ)], (faster) /d͡ʒiʃˈtɾwi(ʁ)/ [d͡ʒiʃˈtɾwi(χ)]
    • (Caipira) IPA(key): /des.tɾuˈi(ɻ)/, (faster) /desˈtɾwi(ɻ)/, /d͡ʒis.tɾuˈi(ɻ)/, (faster) /d͡ʒisˈtɾwi(ɻ)/
 
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /dɨʃ.tɾuˈiɾ/, (faster) /dɨʃˈtɾwiɾ/
    • (Southern Portugal) IPA(key): /dɨʃ.tɾuˈi.ɾi/, (faster) /dɨʃˈtɾwi.ɾi/

Verb

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destruir (first-person singular present destruo, first-person singular preterite destruí, past participle destruído)

  1. (transitive) to ruin, devastate (proceed with the destruction of, cause the destruction of)
  2. (transitive) to undo
  3. (transitive) to break down
  4. (transitive) to annihilate, exterminate
  5. (transitive) to extinguish (make disappear)
  6. (transitive, figuratively) to upset, disturb
  7. (intransitive) to crush (reduce to nothing)

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Spanish

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Etymology

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    Inherited from Old Spanish destruir, a learned borrowing from Latin dēstruō.[1]

    Pronunciation

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    • IPA(key): (prescribed) /desˈtɾwiɾ/ [d̪esˈt̪ɾwiɾ]
      • Rhymes: -iɾ
      • Syllabification: des‧truir
    • IPA(key): /destɾuˈiɾ/ [d̪es.t̪ɾuˈiɾ]

    Verb

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    destruir (first-person singular present destruyo, first-person singular preterite destruí, past participle destruido)

    1. to destroy
      Synonym: romper

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    References

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    1. ^ Coromines, Joan; Pascual, José Antonio (1984), “construir”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico [Critical Castilian and Hispanic etymological dictionary]‎[1] (in Spanish), volume II (Ce–F), Madrid: Gredos, →ISBN, pages 179–180

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