pérdida

Meaning

1. (feminine) loss
2. (feminine) leak

Concepts

loss

damage

forfeit

leak

forfeiture

losses

wastage

expiration

failure

going

losings

passing

red

red ink

release

sacrifice

undoing

write-off

write-down

waste

bad debt

personnel casualty

decline

departure

deprivation

disappearance

drain

exit

Synonyms

perjuicio

daño

privación

destrucción

fracaso

liberación

muerte

💀

ruina

salirse

trance

tránsito

deceso

defunción

desaparición

expiración

extinción

fallecimiento

hundimiento

menoscabo

naufragio

partida

perdición

deuda incobrable

pérdidas

baja de personal

en rojo

números rojos

déficit

derrota

Translations

perte

perdita

Verlust

perda

pèrdua

απώλεια

verlies

خَسَارَة

prejuízo

zarar

déchet

فقْد

فُقْدان

Hyphenated as

pér‧di‧da

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈpeɾdida/

Etymology

Inherited from Latin: perditus

Cognate with Portuguese: perda

Cognate with Italian: perdita

Cognate with French: perte

In summary

From Vulgar Latin *perdita, from the feminine of Latin perditus. Coromines & Pascual regard it as a semi-learned rather than popular form. Romance cognates include Portuguese perda, Italian perdita, French perte.