espatllar
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Catalan
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Classically, experts relate it to espatlla ("shoulder"), with unclear shift in meaning. New theories postulate that it may be a phonetic variant of espanyar ("spoil", "break"), with the same meaning.
Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): (Central) [əs.pəʎˈʎa]
- IPA(key): (Balearic) [əs.pəˈʎa]
- IPA(key): (Valencia) [es.palˈlaɾ]
- Rhymes: -a(ɾ)
Verb
[edit]espatllar (first-person singular present espatllo, first-person singular preterite espatllí, past participle espatllat)
- (transitive, also pronominal) to spoil; break
- Synonym: malmetre
- La ràdio no funciona, s'ha espatllat. ― The radio does not work, it's broken.
Conjugation
[edit] Conjugation of espatllar (first conjugation)
Further reading
[edit]- “espatllar” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
- “espatllar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
- “espatllar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.