destrozar
Spanish
editEtymology
editPronunciation
edit- IPA(key): (Spain) /destɾoˈθaɾ/ [d̪es.t̪ɾoˈθaɾ]
- IPA(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /destɾoˈsaɾ/ [d̪es.t̪ɾoˈsaɾ]
- Rhymes: -aɾ
- Syllabification: des‧tro‧zar
Verb
editdestrozar (first-person singular present destrozo, first-person singular preterite destrocé, past participle destrozado)
- (transitive) to destroy, to break
- 1915, Julio Vicuña Cifuentes, Mitos y Supersticiones Recogidos de la Tradición Oral Chilena, page 33:
- El Camahueto es un colosal caballo marino capaz de embestir con navíos de gran porte, como ya lo ha hecho muchas veces, pues no es corto el número de buques que han sido destrozados misteriosamente cerca de la costa, sin que el mar haya arrojado a la playa el cadáver de uno solo de sus tripulantes.
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Conjugation
edit Conjugation of destrozar (c-z alternation) (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
Selected combined forms of destrozar (c-z alternation)
These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.
Derived terms
editFurther reading
edit- “destrozar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28
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