Polyglot Dictionary

devastar

/devasˈtaɾ/

verb C1

o (masc.) a (fem.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

V Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Academic Domain General Tone Neutral

Forms

present (eu)
devasto
preterite (eu)
devastei
past participle
devastado

Meaning

  1. to devastate

    • O furacão devastou tudo.

      The hurricane devastated everything.

V Category Action Concreteness Concrete Agency Voluntary Duration Durative Transitivity Transitive

Similar words

arrasar

arrasar and devastar are close synonyms for "to devastate," largely interchangeable; arrasar also has a modern colloquial slang meaning, "to slay it," as in doing something amazingly well.

assolar

assolar is often used specifically for natural disasters ravaging a region; devastar is more general — both mean "to devastate."

Similar in other languages

German

verwüsten

verwüsten is the German word for the same thing — both mean "to devastate."

Spanish

desolar

desolar is the Spanish word for the same thing — both mean "to devastate."

Practice

1 What does devastar mean?

2 Which fingerprint chart matches devastar?

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