estropear
التعريفات والمعاني
== Portuguese ==
=== Pronunciation ===
Hyphenation: es‧tro‧pe‧ar
Homophone: estropiar
=== Etymology 1 ===
From es- + tropel + -ar.
==== Verb ====
estropear (first-person singular present estropeio, first-person singular preterite estropeei, past participle estropeado)
(Portugal) to knock; to knock loudly at the door
to make noise
===== Conjugation =====
=== Etymology 2 ===
==== Verb ====
estropear (first-person singular present estropeio, first-person singular preterite estropeei, past participle estropeado)
obsolete spelling of estropiar
===== Conjugation =====
=== Further reading ===
“estropear”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
“estropear”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026
== Spanish ==
=== Etymology ===
Borrowed from Italian stroppiare, from Latin turpis whence (English turpitude).
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /estɾopeˈaɾ/ [es.t̪ɾo.peˈaɾ]
Rhymes: -aɾ
Syllabification: es‧tro‧pe‧ar
=== Verb ===
estropear (first-person singular present estropeo, first-person singular preterite estropeé, past participle estropeado)
(transitive) to ruin, spoil
Synonyms: arruinar, echar a perder, deteriorar, (vulgar) joder
(pronominal) to break down (to stop working)
Synonym: averiar
(pronominal) to go bad, spoil (of food)
==== Conjugation ====
==== Related terms ====
=== Further reading ===
“estropear”, 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
=== Anagrams ===