menoscabar

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Portuguese

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Etymology

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From Vulgar Latin *minuscapāre.

Pronunciation

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  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /mɨ.nuʃ.kɐˈbaɾ/ [mɨ.nuʃ.kɐˈβaɾ]
    • (Southern Portugal) IPA(key): /mɨ.nuʃ.kɐˈba.ɾi/ [mɨ.nuʃ.kɐˈβa.ɾi]

  • Hyphenation: me‧nos‧ca‧bar

Verb

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menoscabar (first-person singular present menoscabo, first-person singular preterite menoscabei, past participle menoscabado)

  1. (transitive) to turn incomplete or imperfect
  2. (transitive, figuratively) to discredit, to disbelieve
  3. (transitive) to despise, to scorn, to look down on
    Synonyms: desprezar, menosprezar

Conjugation

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Spanish

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Etymology

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From menos +‎ cabo +‎ -ar.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /menoskaˈbaɾ/ [me.nos.kaˈβ̞aɾ]
  • Rhymes: -aɾ
  • Syllabification: me‧nos‧ca‧bar

Verb

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menoscabar (first-person singular present menoscabo, first-person singular preterite menoscabé, past participle menoscabado)

  1. to lessen
    menoscabar su premio
    reduce their reward
  2. to sully; to mutilate
  3. to undermine
    menoscabar su poder
    subvert their power
    • 1908, Benito Pérez Galdós, España trágica, chapter 6:
      Sin menoscabar el respeto que a su buen padrastro debía [...]
      Without undermining the respect owed to their good stepfather [...]
    • 2014, Cristina Morató, Reinas malditas:
      El soberano se había convertido en un monarca constitucional con poder limitado, pues los hechos de Varennes habían menoscabado su autoridad.
      The sovereign had become a constitutional monarch with limited power, since the events of Varennes had undermined his authority.

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