derramar

From Old Galician-Portuguese derramar, from ramo, or from a Vulgar Latin *dīrāmāre or *dērāmāre, from Latin rāmus (“branch”). Compare Italian diramare, Romanian dărâma.

• IPA^(key): [deraˈmaɾ]

derramar (first-person singular present derramo, first-person singular preterite derramei, past participle derramado)

1. to spill
2. to scatter

   Synonym: espallar

3. to apportion, distribute an expense
4. to spoil, waste

   Synonym: estragar

   As peras logo se derraman ― Pears spoil in no time

   • 1372, E. Duro Peña, editor, El Monasterio de San Esteban de Ribas de Sil, Ourense: Instituto Padre Feijóo, page 322:

     por quanto a dita carta do dito sennor rey era escripta en papel e se temía de esguaçar ou derramar ou mollar

     because this aforementioned charter of our lord the king is written in paper, and he fear to tear or waste or wet it

5. to prune; to remove branches

   Synonym: cepar

• derrama
• derramado
• derramo

• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “derramar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “derramar”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “derramar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• “derramar”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2025
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “derramar”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• “derramar” in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (2014).
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “derramar”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

From Old Galician-Portuguese derramar, in turn from ramo, or from a Vulgar Latin *dīrāmāre or *dērāmāre, from Latin rāmus (“branch”). Compare Italian diramare, Romanian dărâma.

• Hyphenation: der‧ra‧mar

derramar (first-person singular present derramo, first-person singular preterite derramei, past participle derramado)

1. to spill

From de- +‎ ramo +‎ -ar, or from a Vulgar Latin *dērāmāre, from Latin rāmus (“branch”). Compare Romanian dărâma, Dalmatian dramur, Old French deramer, Italian diramare, Portuguese derramar.

• IPA^(key): /deraˈmaɾ/ [d̪e.raˈmaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: de‧rra‧mar

derramar (first-person singular present derramo, first-person singular preterite derramé, past participle derramado)

1. to spill, to leak
2. to shed (blood, sweat, tears, etc.)
3. (figurative) to pour out (e.g., love, wrath, blessings, one's heart)

• “derramar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024