destrunfar

Portuguese

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

  • Hyphenation: des‧trun‧far

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 Lingua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
  2. ^ destrunfar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025