abatir

Inherited from Late Latin abbattere, from Latin battere.

• IPA^(key): /abaˈtiɾ/, [a.β̞aˈt̪iɾ]

abatir

1. to plough (plow), rototill, rotovate

   Synonym: romper

2. to smooth, to level out (a terrain)
3. to take sides, to be in favor of something, be inclined or predisposed to something

   Nun s'abate por dir caminar

   He/She is not in favor of going for a walk

• IPA^(key): /abaˈtir/

abatir

1. past infinitive of abatar

Inherited from Late Latin abbattere, from Latin battere. Compare English abate.^[1]

• IPA^(key): /abaˈtiɾ/ [a.β̞aˈt̪iɾ]

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• Rhymes: -iɾ
• Syllabification: a‧ba‧tir

abatir (first-person singular present abato, first-person singular preterite abatí, past participle abatido)

1. (transitive) to bring down, to shoot down
2. (transitive, reflexive) to swoop down
3. (transitive, reflexive) to demolish, to knock down, to defeat

   Synonyms: derrocar, derribar, tumbar

4. (transitive, reflexive) to depress (to make depressed) or discourage
5. (obsolete, transitive, reflexive) to humble

• inclinar

• “abatir”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28

From abad (“abbot”) +‎ tir (“land”).

• IPA^(key): /aˈbatɪr/
• Rhymes: -atɪr

abatir m (plural abatiroedd)

1. abbey land

• R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “abatir”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies