detestar

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin detestārī.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [də.təsˈta]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [de.tesˈtaɾ]

Verb

detestar (first-person singular present detesto, first-person singular preterite detestí, past participle detestat); root stress: (Central, Valencia, Balearic) /e/

1. (transitive) to detest

Further reading

• “detestar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “detestar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
• “detestar” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “detestar” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Verb

detestar

1. to detest

Etymology

From Latin detestārī, likely borrowed.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: de‧tes‧tar

Verb

detestar (first-person singular present detesto, first-person singular preterite detestei, past participle detestado)

1. to detest, loathe, abominate

Further reading

• “detestar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024

Etymology

From Latin detestāri, detestor.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /detesˈtaɾ/ [d̪e.t̪esˈt̪aɾ]

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• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: de‧tes‧tar

Verb

detestar (first-person singular present detesto, first-person singular preterite detesté, past participle detestado)

1. to detest, to loathe, to abominate

Further reading

• “detestar”, 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