destrunfar

Portuguese

Etymology

From des- (de-/un-) +‎ trunfar (trump).[1][2]

Pronunciation

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /des.tɾũˈfa(ʁ)/ [des.tɾũˈfa(h)], /d͡ʒis.tɾũˈfa(ʁ)/ [d͡ʒis.tɾũˈfa(h)]
    • (São Paulo) IPA(key): /des.tɾũˈfa(ɾ)/, /d͡ʒis.tɾũˈfa(ɾ)/
    • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /deʃ.tɾũˈfa(ʁ)/ [deʃ.tɾũˈfa(χ)], /d͡ʒiʃ.tɾũˈfa(ʁ)/ [d͡ʒiʃ.tɾũˈfa(χ)]
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /des.tɾũˈfa(ɻ)/
 
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /dɨʃ.tɾũˈfaɾ/
    • (Southern Portugal) IPA(key): /dɨʃ.tɾũˈfa.ɾi/

Verb

destrunfar (first-person singular present destrunfo, first-person singular preterite destrunfei, past participle destrunfado)

  1. (card games) to force to trump in order to remove the trump cards
  2. (Portugal, figurative, informal) to show off

Conjugation

References

  1. ^ destrunfar”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 20032025
  2. ^ destrunfar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 20082025