derrota

See also: derrotá and derrotà

Catalan

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Deverbal from derrotar.

Noun

derrota f (plural derrotes)

  1. rout
    Synonym: esvaïda
  2. defeat, downfall, (sports) loss
  3. (nautical) course
    Synonym: ruta
Derived terms

Verb

derrota

  1. inflection of derrotar:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

Galician

Noun

derrota f (plural derrotas)

  1. defeat

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /deˈʁɔ.tɐ/ [deˈhɔ.tɐ]
    • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /deˈʁɔ.tɐ/ [deˈχɔ.tɐ]
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /deˈʁɔ.ta/ [deˈhɔ.ta]

  • Rhymes: -ɔtɐ

Etymology 1

Deverbal from derrotar.

Noun

derrota f (plural derrotas)

  1. defeat
  2. (nautical) route (course travelled by a ship)
    • 1614, Fernão Mendes Pinto, Peregrinaçam, page 3:
      E velejando todas eſtas naos por ſua derrota prouue a noſſo Senhor que chegarão a ſaluamento a Moçambique, []
      And our Lord was pleased that all of these ships sailing through their route reached the safety of Mozambique, []

Verb

derrota

  1. inflection of derrotar:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

Spanish

Etymology 1

Borrowed in the 16th century from French déroute (rout), from Old French desroter (to disband, to disperse), from rote, route (band, company, troop, group of armed men), originally a substantivized feminine of rout (literally broken)[1], from Latin ruptus, perfect passive participle of rumpō (to break). Merged with existing Spanish rota (rout, military defeat), from the same Latin verb.

Noun

derrota f (plural derrotas)

  1. defeat
    Synonym: vencimiento

Participle

derrota f sg

  1. feminine singular of derroto

References

  1. routier”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Etymology 2

From derromper.

Noun

derrota f (plural derrotas)

  1. path, route, track
  2. (nautical) course
    Synonym: derrotero

Verb

derrota

  1. inflection of derrotar:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

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