estropiar

Asturian

Verb

estropiar (first-person singular indicative present estropio, past participle estropiáu)

  1. to damage

Conjugation

Catalan

Etymology

From Spanish estropear (to ruin; to spoil).

Pronunciation

Verb

estropiar (first-person singular present estropio, first-person singular preterite estropií, past participle estropiat)

  1. to spoil, damage, cripple
    • 1882, Manuel Milá y Fontanals, Romancerillo Catalán: Canciones Tradicionales [Catalan Ballads: Traditional Songs]‎[1], Segunda Edicion Refundida y Aumentada [Recast and Augmented Second Edition], Barcelona: Alvaro Verdaguer, 258. La infanta seducida [Song #258. The infanta seduced], pages 249–251:
      La infanta [] lo un metge diu [] per donà contento al rey direm qu'està estropiada
      The infanta... a doctor says... to please the king we will say that she is crippled

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References

  • “estropiar” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Portuguese

Alternative forms

  • estropear (obsolete with the senses below; now used for another word)

Etymology

From Italian stroppiare.

Pronunciation

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /is.tɾo.piˈa(ʁ)/ [is.tɾo.pɪˈa(h)], (faster pronunciation) /is.tɾoˈpja(ʁ)/ [is.tɾoˈpja(h)], /es.tɾo.piˈa(ʁ)/ [es.tɾo.pɪˈa(h)], (faster pronunciation) /es.tɾoˈpja(ʁ)/ [es.tɾoˈpja(h)]
    • (São Paulo) IPA(key): /is.tɾo.piˈa(ɾ)/ [is.tɾo.pɪˈa(ɾ)], (faster pronunciation) /is.tɾoˈpja(ɾ)/, /es.tɾo.piˈa(ɾ)/ [es.tɾo.pɪˈa(ɾ)], (faster pronunciation) /es.tɾoˈpja(ɾ)/
    • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /iʃ.tɾo.piˈa(ʁ)/ [iʃ.tɾo.pɪˈa(χ)], (faster pronunciation) /iʃ.tɾoˈpja(ʁ)/ [iʃ.tɾoˈpja(χ)], /eʃ.tɾo.piˈa(ʁ)/ [eʃ.tɾo.pɪˈa(χ)], (faster pronunciation) /eʃ.tɾoˈpja(ʁ)/ [eʃ.tɾoˈpja(χ)]
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /es.tɾo.piˈa(ɻ)/ [es.tɾo.pɪˈa(ɻ)], (faster pronunciation) /es.tɾoˈpja(ɻ)/
 
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /(i)ʃ.tɾuˈpjaɾ/
    • (Southern Portugal) IPA(key): /(i)ʃ.tɾuˈpja.ɾi/

  • Hyphenation: es‧tro‧pi‧ar
  • Homophone: estropear

Verb

estropiar (first-person singular present estropio, first-person singular preterite estropiei, past participle estropiado)

  1. to amputate; to maim (to remove a limb or other body part)
    Synonyms: amputar, decepar
  2. to disfigure; to mutilate (to cause serious physical harm)
    Synonyms: mutilar, desfigurar
  3. (figurative) to do something very poorly; particularly:
    1. to speak (a language) in a wrong or sloppy manner; to have a bad pronunciation
    2. to perform poorly (when singing or playing music)
    3. to badly interpret or copy (text) (to handle written material poorly)

Usage notes

Not to be confused with estropear (to knock; to make noise).

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