destruir

== Catalan == === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin dēstruere, with normal change of conjugation to -ir. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): (Northern, Balearic, Central) [dəs.tɾuˈi] IPA(key): (Valencia) [des.tɾuˈiɾ] IPA(key): (Northwestern) [des.tɾuˈi] === Verb === destruir (first-person singular present destrueixo, first-person singular preterite destruí, past participle destruït) to destroy ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Related terms ==== destrucció == Portuguese == === Etymology === Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese destruir, destroir, from Latin dēstruere (“to destroy”) (probably an early borrowing), from dē + struō (“to put together”). === Pronunciation === Homophone: destruí (Brazil, with -r dropping) Hyphenation: des‧tru‧ir === Verb === destruir (first-person singular present destruo, first-person singular preterite destruí, past participle destruído) (transitive) to ruin, devastate (proceed with the destruction of, cause the destruction of) (transitive) to undo (transitive) to break down (transitive) to annihilate, exterminate (transitive) to extinguish (make disappear) (transitive, figuratively) to upset, disturb (intransitive) to crush (reduce to nothing) ==== Conjugation ==== === Further reading === “destruir”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026 “destruir”, in Dicionário infopédia da Lingua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2026 “destruir”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026 == Spanish == === Etymology === Inherited from Old Spanish destruir, a learned borrowing from Latin dēstruō. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /desˈtɾwiɾ/ [d̪esˈt̪ɾwiɾ] Rhymes: -iɾ Syllabification: des‧truir IPA(key): /destɾuˈiɾ/ [d̪es.t̪ɾuˈiɾ] Rhymes: -iɾ Syllabification: des‧tru‧ir === Verb === destruir (first-person singular present destruyo, first-person singular preterite destruí, past participle destruido) to destroy Synonym: romper ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Related terms ==== === See also === === References === === Further reading === “destruir”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025