desempatar

From des- +‎ empatar.

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [də.zəm.pəˈta]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [de.zem.paˈtaɾ]

desempatar (first-person singular present desempato, first-person singular preterite desempatí, past participle desempatat)

1. (transitive, intransitive) to break a tie, to act as a tiebreaker, to break the deadlock

• “desempatar” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
• “desempatar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025.
• “desempatar”, 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- +‎ empatar.

• Hyphenation: de‧sem‧pa‧tar

desempatar (first-person singular present desempato, first-person singular preterite desempatei, past participle desempatado)

1. (transitive) to break the tie in, to decide (a vote, a game)
2. (intransitive) to break a tie
3. (transitive) to resolve, to remove obstacles in

   Synonym: resolver

   Antonyms: embaraçar, estorver

4. (intransitive) to take action, to resolve an impasse

• “desempatar”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2025
• “desempatar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

From des- +‎ empate +‎ -ar.

• IPA^(key): /desempaˈtaɾ/ [d̪e.sẽm.paˈt̪aɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: de‧sem‧pa‧tar

desempatar (first-person singular present desempato, first-person singular preterite desempaté, past participle desempatado)

1. (transitive, intransitive) to break a tie, to act as a tiebreaker, to break the deadlock

• “desempatar”, 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