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detonar.

to detonate; to explode

7 characters3 syllables approx.Português language

Meaning & usage

verb/de.toˈna(ʁ)/Brazil[de.toˈna(h)]Brazil/de.toˈna(ɾ)/São-Paulo/de.toˈna(ʁ)/Rio-de-Janeiro
  1. to detonate; to explode

    intransitive
  2. to detonate; to cause to explode

    transitive
Where this word comes from

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *de Proto-Indo-European *-h₁ Proto-Indo-European *déh₁ Proto-Italic *dē Latin dē Latin dē- Proto-Indo-European *sten-? Proto-Indo-European *(s)tenh₂- Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éyeti Proto-Indo-European *(s)tonh₂éyeti Proto-Italic *tonaō Latin tonō Latin detonārebor. Portuguese detonar Borrowed from Latin detonāre.

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