avortar

Catalan

Etymology

Inherited from Latin abortāre.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (Central) [ə.βurˈta]
  • IPA(key): (Balearic) [ə.vorˈta]
  • IPA(key): (Valencia) [a.voɾˈtaɾ]
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Verb

avortar (first-person singular present avorto, first-person singular preterite avortí, past participle avortat); root stress: (Central, Valencia, Balearic) /ɔ/

  1. (intransitive, medicine, botany) to miscarry, to abort
  2. (intransitive, figurative) to miscarry, to fail
  3. (transitive, computing) to abort

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