obliterar
Catalan
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin oblitterāre (“blot out”), from oblinō (“smear over”).
Pronunciation
Verb
obliterar (first-person singular present oblitero, first-person singular preterite obliterí, past participle obliterat); root stress: (Central, Valencian, Balearic) /e/
- (transitive) to obliterate, to erase, to smudge, to cross out
- Synonym: esborrar
- (transitive) to cancel (a stamp)
- (transitive, medicine) to obliterate
Conjugation
Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)
Derived terms
Related terms
Further reading
- “obliterar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
Portuguese
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin oblitterāre (“blot out”), from oblitus, past participle of oblinō (“to smear over”). Influenced by littera (“letter”).
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /o.bli.teˈɾa(ʁ)/ [o.bli.teˈɾa(h)]
- (São Paulo) IPA(key): /o.bli.teˈɾa(ɾ)/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /o.bli.teˈɾa(ʁ)/ [o.bli.teˈɾa(χ)]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /o.bli.teˈɾa(ɻ)/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /ɔ.bli.tɨˈɾaɾ/ [ɔ.βli.tɨˈɾaɾ]
Verb
obliterar (first-person singular present oblitero, first-person singular preterite obliterei, past participle obliterado)
- (transitive) to obliterate, null, erase, annihilate, destroy completely, eradicate
Conjugation
Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)
Spanish
Etymology
From Latin oblitterāre (“blot out”), from oblinō (“smear over”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /obliteˈɾaɾ/ [o.β̞li.t̪eˈɾaɾ]
- Rhymes: -aɾ
- Syllabification: o‧bli‧te‧rar
Verb
obliterar (first-person singular present oblitero, first-person singular preterite obliteré, past participle obliterado)
- (transitive) to obliterate, null, erase, annihilate, destroy completely, eradicate
Conjugation
Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)
Further reading
- “obliterar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014