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estropear

estropear

Portuguese

Verb

estropear (first-person singular present indicative estropeio, past participle estropeado)

  1. (Portugal) to knock; to knock loudly at the door.
    • 1879, Adolfo Coelho, Contos Populares Portuguezes, P. Plantier Editor, page 70:
      Chegou lá e viu uma casa grande e estropeou á porta; não lhe fallaram;
      He arrived there and he saw a big house and knocked at the door; no one answered;
  2. to make noise.
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Etymology 2

Verb

estropear

  1. Obsolete spelling of estropiar

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowing from Italian stroppiare.

Verb

estropear (first-person singular present estropeo, first-person singular preterite estropeé, past participle estropeado)

  1. to ruin, spoil

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