derrotar
Portuguese, verb/de.ʁoˈta(ʁ)/
derrotar is spelled D-E-R-R-O-T-A-R (8 letters) and appears 10 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 7,127th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Derrotar is a Portuguese verb meaning “to defeat” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “vencer os adversários numa competição”.
What does derrotar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to defeat
- 2
to ruin oneself
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
verb: 1. vencer os adversários numa competição 2. destroçar o exército inimigo
The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.
Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of derrotar
- derroto first-person present singular
- derrotei first-person preterite singular
- derrotado participle past
- derrotares infinitive second-person singular
- derrotarmos first-person infinitive plural
- derrotardes infinitive plural second-person
- derrotarem infinitive plural third-person
- derrotando gerund
- derrotados masculine participle past
- derrotada feminine participle past
- derrotadas feminine participle past
- derrotas indicative present second-person
- derrota indicative present singular
- derrotamos first-person indicative plural
- derrotais indicative plural present
- derrotam indicative plural present
- derrotava first-person imperfect indicative
- derrotavas imperfect indicative second-person
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce derrotar?
- Brazil /de.ʁoˈta(ʁ)/
- Brazil [de.hoˈta(h)]
- Portugal /dɨ.Ru.ˈtaɾ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to derrotar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is derrotar in Portuguese?
derrotar appears 10 times per million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).