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Verb

derrota

1. third-person singular present indicative form of derrotar
2. second-person singular imperative form of derrotar

Galician

Noun

derrota f ‎(plural derrotas)

1. defeat

Portuguese

Etymology

Back-formation from derrotar.

Noun

derrota f (plural derrotas)

1. defeat
2. (nautical) route (course travelled by a ship)
   • 1614, Fernão Mendes Pinto, Peregrinaçam, page 3:

     E velejando todas eſtas naos por ſua derrota prouue a noſſo Senhor que chegarão a ſaluamento a Moçambique, […]

     And our Lord was pleased that all of these ships sailing through their route reached the safety of Mozambique, […]

Verb

derrota

1. third-person singular (ele and ela, also used with você and others) present indicative of derrotar
2. second-person singular (tu, sometimes used with você) affirmative imperative of derrotar

Spanish

Etymology 1

From derromper.

Noun

derrota f ‎(plural derrotas)

1. path, route, track
2. (nautical) course

Synonyms

• derrotero

Etymology 2

Metonymically from rota ‎(“wheel”), in the sense of retreat, with influence from French déroute ‎(“rout”).

Noun

derrota f ‎(plural derrotas)

1. defeat

Verb

derrota

1. Informal second-person singular (tú) affirmative imperative form of derrotar.
2. Formal second-person singular (usted) present indicative form of derrotar.
3. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present indicative form of derrotar.