defenestrar
Catalan
Etymology
From Latin dē (“from, out”) + fenestra (“window”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (Central, Balearic) [də.fə.nəsˈtɾa]
- IPA(key): (Valencia) [de.fe.nesˈtɾaɾ]
- Rhymes: -a(ɾ)
- Homophone: defenestrà
Verb
defenestrar (first-person singular present defenestro, first-person singular preterite defenestrí, past participle defenestrat); root stress: (Central, Valencia, Balearic) /e/
- to defenestrate
- (figuratively) to fire, to expel someone from a position of power
Conjugation
Conjugation of defenestrar (first conjugation)
Portuguese
Etymology
From New Latin dēfenestrāre, possibly via French défenestrer.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /de.fe.nesˈtɾa(ʁ)/ [de.fe.nesˈtɾa(h)]
- (São Paulo) IPA(key): /de.fe.nesˈtɾa(ɾ)/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /de.fe.neʃˈtɾa(ʁ)/ [de.fe.neʃˈtɾa(χ)]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /de.fe.nesˈtɾa(ɻ)/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /dɨ.fɨ.nɨʃˈtɾaɾ/
- (Southern Portugal) IPA(key): /dɨ.fɨ.nɨʃˈtɾa.ɾi/
- Hyphenation: de‧fe‧nes‧trar
Verb
defenestrar (first-person singular present defenestro, first-person singular preterite defenestrei, past participle defenestrado)
- (transitive) to defenestrate (eject from a window)
- (transitive, figuratively) to discard, to marginalize
- Synonyms: descartar, desprezar, marginalizar
- (transitive, figuratively) to waste, to whack
Conjugation
Conjugation of defenestrar (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)
1Brazilian Portuguese.
2European Portuguese.
Further reading
- “defenestrar”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2025
- “defenestrar”, in Dicionário infopédia da Lingua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
- “defenestrar”, in Dicionário da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisboa: Academia das Ciências de Lisboa, 2001–2025
- “defenestrar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025
- “defenestrar”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025
Spanish
Etymology
From Latin de- + fenestra (“window”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /defenesˈtɾaɾ/ [d̪e.fe.nesˈt̪ɾaɾ]
- Rhymes: -aɾ
- Syllabification: de‧fe‧nes‧trar
Verb
defenestrar (first-person singular present defenestro, first-person singular preterite defenestré, past participle defenestrado)
- (transitive) to defenestrate
- (transitive) to fire; to expel someone from a position of power
Conjugation
Conjugation of defenestrar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
Selected combined forms of defenestrar
These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.
| singular | plural | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | ||
| with infinitive defenestrar | dative | defenestrarme | defenestrarte | defenestrarle, defenestrarse | defenestrarnos | defenestraros | defenestrarles, defenestrarse |
| accusative | defenestrarme | defenestrarte | defenestrarlo, defenestrarla, defenestrarse | defenestrarnos | defenestraros | defenestrarlos, defenestrarlas, defenestrarse | |
| with gerund defenestrando | dative | defenestrándome | defenestrándote | defenestrándole, defenestrándose | defenestrándonos | defenestrándoos | defenestrándoles, defenestrándose |
| accusative | defenestrándome | defenestrándote | defenestrándolo, defenestrándola, defenestrándose | defenestrándonos | defenestrándoos | defenestrándolos, defenestrándolas, defenestrándose | |
| with informal second-person singular tú imperative defenestra | dative | defenéstrame | defenéstrate | defenéstrale | defenéstranos | not used | defenéstrales |
| accusative | defenéstrame | defenéstrate | defenéstralo, defenéstrala | defenéstranos | not used | defenéstralos, defenéstralas | |
| with informal second-person singular vos imperative defenestrá | dative | defenestrame | defenestrate | defenestrale | defenestranos | not used | defenestrales |
| accusative | defenestrame | defenestrate | defenestralo, defenestrala | defenestranos | not used | defenestralos, defenestralas | |
| with formal second-person singular imperative defenestre | dative | defenéstreme | not used | defenéstrele, defenéstrese | defenéstrenos | not used | defenéstreles |
| accusative | defenéstreme | not used | defenéstrelo, defenéstrela, defenéstrese | defenéstrenos | not used | defenéstrelos, defenéstrelas | |
| with first-person plural imperative defenestremos | dative | not used | defenestrémoste | defenestrémosle | defenestrémonos | defenestrémoos | defenestrémosles |
| accusative | not used | defenestrémoste | defenestrémoslo, defenestrémosla | defenestrémonos | defenestrémoos | defenestrémoslos, defenestrémoslas | |
| with informal second-person plural imperative defenestrad | dative | defenestradme | not used | defenestradle | defenestradnos | defenestraos | defenestradles |
| accusative | defenestradme | not used | defenestradlo, defenestradla | defenestradnos | defenestraos | defenestradlos, defenestradlas | |
| with formal second-person plural imperative defenestren | dative | defenéstrenme | not used | defenéstrenle | defenéstrennos | not used | defenéstrenles, defenéstrense |
| accusative | defenéstrenme | not used | defenéstrenlo, defenéstrenla | defenéstrennos | not used | defenéstrenlos, defenéstrenlas, defenéstrense | |
Related terms
Further reading
- “defenestrar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024