obliterar

Learned borrowing from Latin oblitterō (“blot out”), from oblinō (“smear over”).

• (Balearic) IPA^(key): /o.bli.təˈɾa/
• (Central) IPA^(key): /u.bli.təˈɾa/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /o.bli.teˈɾaɾ/

obliterar (first-person singular present oblitero, past participle obliterat)

1. (transitive) to obliterate, to erase, to smudge, to cross out

   Synonym: esborrar

2. (transitive) to cancel (a stamp)
3. (transitive, medicine) to obliterate

• obliterador

• obliteració

• “obliterar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

Learned borrowing from Latin oblitterāre (“blot out”), from oblitus, past participle of oblinō (“to smear over”). Influenced by littera (“letter”).

obliterar (first-person singular present oblitero, first-person singular preterite obliterei, past participle obliterado)

1. (transitive) to obliterate, null, erase, annihilate, destroy completely, eradicate

   Synonyms: aniquilar, apagar, erradicar, extinguir

2. inflection of obliterar:
   1. first/third-person singular future subjunctive
   2. first/third-person singular personal infinitive

From Latin oblitterāre, present active infinitive of oblitterō (“blot out”), from oblinō (“smear over”).

• IPA^(key): /obliteˈɾaɾ/ [o.β̞li.t̪eˈɾaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: o‧bli‧te‧rar

obliterar (first-person singular present oblitero, first-person singular preterite obliteré, past participle obliterado)

1. (transitive) to obliterate, null, erase, annihilate, destroy completely, eradicate

   Synonyms: anihilar, apagar, erradicar, extinguir

• “obliterar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014