obliterar

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

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

obliterar (first-person singular present oblitero, first-person singular preterite obliterí, past participle obliterat); root stress: (Central, Valencian, Balearic) /e/

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

From Latin oblitterāre (“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