desbaratar

From des- +‎ baratar.

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [dəz.bə.ɾəˈta]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [dez.ba.ɾaˈtaɾ]

desbaratar (first-person singular present desbarato, first-person singular preterite desbaratí, past participle desbaratat)

1. (transitive) to spoil, to ruin

   Synonym: desfer

2. (transitive) to wreck, destroy
3. (transitive) to rout

   Synonym: derrotar

4. (transitive) to disassemble

   Synonym: descompondre

5. (pronominal) (of a thing) to become faulty; (of a person) to become unbalanced

• “desbaratar”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007

From des- +‎ baratar. Compare Sicilian sbarattari.

desbaratar (first-person singular present desbarato, first-person singular preterite desbaratei, past participle desbaratado)

1. (transitive) to squander, to dissipate
2. (transitive) to disperse
3. (transitive) defeat
4. (transitive) to destroy
5. (transitive) to mess up, to disorder
6. (transitive) to sell cheaply
7. (reflexive) to become ruined
8. (reflexive) to disperse
9. (reflexive) to get disordered, to get messed up

• “desbaratar”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2025
• “desbaratar”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025

From des- +‎ baratar (“to barter”).

• IPA^(key): /desbaɾaˈtaɾ/ [d̪ez.β̞a.ɾaˈt̪aɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: des‧ba‧ra‧tar

desbaratar (first-person singular present desbarato, first-person singular preterite desbaraté, past participle desbaratado)

1. to ruin, destroy

   Synonym: estropear

2. to spoil
3. to rout

• “desbaratar”, 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