obliterar

Learned borrowing from Latin oblitterāre (“blot out”), from oblinō (“smear over”).

• IPA^(key): (Central) [u.βli.təˈɾa]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [o.bli.təˈɾa]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [o.bli.teˈɾaɾ]

obliterar (first-person singular present oblitero, first-person singular preterite obliterí, past participle obliterat); root stress: (Central, Valencia, Balearic) /e/

1. (transitive) to obliterate, to erase, to smudge, to cross out

   Synonym: esborrar

2. (transitive) to cancel (a stamp)
3. (transitive, medicine) to obliterate

• obliterador

• obliteració

• “obliterar”, 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

Learned borrowing from Latin oblitterāre (“blot out”), from oblitus, past participle of oblinō (“to smear over”). Influenced by littera (“letter”).

obliterar (first-person singular present oblitero, first-person singular preterite obliterei, past participle obliterado)

1. (transitive) to obliterate, null, erase, annihilate, destroy completely, eradicate

   Synonyms: aniquilar, apagar, erradicar, extinguir

From Latin oblitterāre (“blot out”), from oblinō (“smear over”).

• IPA^(key): /obliteˈɾaɾ/ [o.β̞li.t̪eˈɾaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: o‧bli‧te‧rar

obliterar (first-person singular present oblitero, first-person singular preterite obliteré, past participle obliterado)

1. (transitive) to obliterate, null, erase, annihilate, destroy completely, eradicate

   Synonyms: anihilar, apagar, erradicar, extinguir

• “obliterar”, 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