avasallar

Spanish

Etymology

From a- +‎ vasallo +‎ -ar.

Pronunciation

 
  • IPA(key): /abasaˈʝaɾ/ [a.β̞a.saˈʝaɾ] (most of Spain and Latin America)
  • IPA(key): /abasaˈʎaɾ/ [a.β̞a.saˈʎaɾ] (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines)
  • IPA(key): /abasaˈʃaɾ/ [a.β̞a.saˈʃaɾ] (Buenos Aires and environs)
  • IPA(key): /abasaˈʒaɾ/ [a.β̞a.saˈʒaɾ] (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay)

  • Rhymes: -aɾ
  • Syllabification: a‧va‧sa‧llar

Verb

avasallar (first-person singular present avasallo, first-person singular preterite avasallé, past participle avasallado)

  1. to subdue, subjugate
    • 1973 September 11, Salvador Allende, Ultimas palabras:
      Tienen la fuerza, podrán avasallarnos, pero no se detienen los procesos sociales ni con el crimen ni con la fuerza. La historia es nuestra y la hacen los pueblos.
      They have force and will be able to dominate us, but social processes can be arrested by neither crime nor force. History is ours, and people make history.
  2. to subject

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