estropiar
Portuguese, verb/is.tɾo.piˈa(ʁ)/
estropiar is spelled E-S-T-R-O-P-I-A-R (9 letters). Estropiar is a Portuguese verb meaning “to amputate; to maim (to remove a limb or other body part)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “maltratar, aleijar”.
What does estropiar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to amputate; to maim (to remove a limb or other body part)
- 2
to disfigure; to mutilate (to cause serious physical harm)
- 3
to speak (a language) in a wrong or sloppy manner; to have a bad pronunciation
- 4
to perform poorly (when singing or playing music)
- 5
to badly interpret or copy (text) (to handle written material poorly)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
verb: 1. maltratar, aleijar 2. interpretar mal
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 estropiar
- estropio first-person present singular
- estropiei first-person preterite singular
- estropiado participle past
- estropiares infinitive second-person singular
- estropiarmos first-person infinitive plural
- estropiardes infinitive plural second-person
- estropiarem infinitive plural third-person
- estropiando gerund
- estropiados masculine participle past
- estropiada feminine participle past
- estropiadas feminine participle past
- estropias indicative present second-person
- estropia indicative present singular
- estropiamos first-person indicative plural
- estropiais indicative plural present
- estropiam indicative plural present
- estropiava first-person imperfect indicative
- estropiavas imperfect indicative second-person
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce estropiar?
- Brazil /is.tɾo.piˈa(ʁ)/
- Brazil [is.tɾo.piˈa(h)]
- Brazil /is.tɾoˈpja(ʁ)/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.