derrota

See also: derrotá and derrotà

Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [dəˈrɔ.tə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [deˈrɔ.ta]

Etymology 1

Deverbal from derrotar.

Noun

derrota f (plural derrotes)

1. rout

   Synonym: esvaïda

2. defeat, downfall, (sports) loss
3. (nautical) course

   Synonym: ruta

Derived terms

• derroter
• derrotisme
• derrotista

Etymology 2

Verb

derrota

1. inflection of derrotar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Galician

Noun

derrota f (plural derrotas)

1. defeat

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /deˈʁɔ.tɐ/ [deˈhɔ.tɐ]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /deˈʁɔ.tɐ/ [deˈhɔ.tɐ]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /deˈʁɔ.tɐ/ [deˈχɔ.tɐ]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /deˈʁɔ.ta/ [deˈhɔ.ta]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /dɨˈʁɔ.tɐ/

• Rhymes: -ɔtɐ

Etymology 1

Deverbal from derrotar.

Noun

derrota f (plural derrotas)

1. defeat
2. (nautical) route (course travelled by a ship)
   • 1614, Fernão Mendes Pinto, Peregrinaçam, page 3:

     E velejando todas eſtas naos por ſua derrota prouue a noſſo Senhor que chegarão a ſaluamento a Moçambique, […]

     And our Lord was pleased that all of these ships sailing through their route reached the safety of Mozambique, […]

Etymology 2

Verb

derrota

1. inflection of derrotar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Spanish

Etymology 1

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “How did the semantic shift from "broken" to "band/troop" happen?”) Borrowed in the 16th century from French déroute (“rout”), from Old French desroter (“to disband, to disperse”), from rote, route (“band, company, troop, group of armed men”), originally a substantivized feminine of rout (literally “broken”), from Latin ruptus, perfect passive participle of rumpō (“to break”). Merged with existing Spanish rota (“rout, military defeat”), from the same Latin verb.

Noun

derrota f (plural derrotas)

1. defeat

   Synonym: vencimiento

Participle

derrota f sg

1. feminine singular of derroto

Etymology 2

From derromper.

Noun

derrota f (plural derrotas)

1. path, route, track
2. (nautical) course

   Synonym: derrotero

Etymology 3

Verb

derrota

1. inflection of derrotar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

• “derrota”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10