arrasar

Catalan

Etymology

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Verb

arrasar (first-person singular present arraso, first-person singular preterite arrasí, past participle arrasat)

  1. (transitive) to sweep away, to raze, to clear cut, to devastate
  2. (intransitive) to triumph

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Portuguese

Pronunciation

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /a.ʁaˈza(ʁ)/ [a.haˈza(h)]
    • (São Paulo) IPA(key): /a.ʁaˈza(ɾ)/ [a.haˈza(ɾ)]
    • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /a.ʁaˈza(ʁ)/ [a.χaˈza(χ)]
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /a.ʁaˈza(ɻ)/ [a.haˈza(ɻ)]
 
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /ɐ.ʁɐˈzaɾ/
    • (Southern Portugal) IPA(key): /ɐ.ʁɐˈza.ɾi/

  • Hyphenation: ar‧ra‧sar

Verb

arrasar (first-person singular present arraso, first-person singular preterite arrasei, past participle arrasado)

  1. to raze, demolish
  2. (slang) to do something very well so that one gets popular attention

Conjugation

Spanish

Etymology

From rasar.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /araˈsaɾ/ [a.raˈsaɾ]
  • Rhymes: -aɾ
  • Syllabification: a‧rra‧sar

Verb

arrasar (first-person singular present arraso, first-person singular preterite arrasé, past participle arrasado)

  1. (transitive) to raze, level, to smooth
    Synonym: allanar
  2. (transitive) to lay waste to, to rampage, to devastate
    Synonym: destruir
  3. (intransitive, figurative) to triumph, to crush, to sweep (to be phenomenally successful)
    • 2021 May 4, Carlos E. Cué, “Ayuso arrasa en Madrid”, in El País:
      Las cosas han cambiado mucho en el PP actual, pero el esquema se repite de alguna manera. Ayuso arrasa y tiene todo el poder en Madrid, la comunidad más rica y la que más peso político y mediático acumula, al ser la capital política y financiera y la sede de los principales medios de comunicación del país.
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  4. (intransitive, or transitive with con) to wipe out

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