abatir

Meaning

  1. (transitive) to bring down, to shoot down
  2. (reflexive, transitive) to swoop down
  3. (reflexive, transitive) to demolish, to knock down, to defeat
  4. (reflexive, transitive) to depress (to make depressed) or discourage
  5. (obsolete, reflexive, transitive) to humble

Frequency

47k
Hyphenated as
a‧ba‧tir
Pronounced as (IPA)
/abaˈtiɾ/
Etymology

In summary

Inherited from Old Spanish abatir (“to bring down”), from Late Latin abbattere, from Latin battere. Compare English abate.

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